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Sunday, February 12, 2012

Whitney Houston--links to articles and performances.

CNN is on in the other room, and their post-mortem coverage of Whitney Houston's death is weighted towards what was called PRINT THE LEGEND in John Ford's THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE.

Here are various links about Whitney Houston:
http://www.salon.com/2012/02/12/didnt_she_almost_have_it_all/?source=newsletter
http://www.dlisted.com/2012/02/10/oh-whitney
http://entertainment.time.com/2012/02/11/the-voice-of-america-whitney-houston-1963-2012/
http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20569493_20569570,00.html
http://www.people.com/people/package/gallery/0,,20569493_20569506,00.html
http://www.people.com/people/package/gallery/0,,20569493_20569527,00.html
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/whitney-houston-opens-up-about-her-marriage-the-pressures-of-fame-and-more-20120212
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS4v431Mlak&feature=fvst
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYzlVDlE72w&feature=artistob&playnext=1&list=TLTr6BvOUcSek


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