Fans pay tribute to Houston
A hearse carries the body of Whitney Houston from the funeral home to the New Hope Baptist Church, in Newark New Jersey.
Many of Houston's fans have left flowers, cards and balloons dedicated to the singer who became a global star with her 1985 debut album that included the hit "Saving All My Love For You."
On the streets of her hometown of Newark, Houston's friends and fans remember her.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) NEWARK RESIDENT AND CHILDHOOD FRIEND OF WHITNEY HOUSTON, LAUREN TAYLOR, SAYING:
"I went to school with her and her brother, her brothers, really all of them, we were together. We were like a block and a half from each other. You know, we got the chance to be with her, I mean, when she was coming up, and her mom did a really good job in getting her ready for her career. So we was able to be there."
FAN SINGING "SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU"
(SOUNDBITE) (English) MONA MCLAURIN, HAMPTON, VIRGINIA RESIDENT, SAYING:
"Well I came up here because I wanted to be here in the presence of Whitney Houston. I came from Hampton, Virginia, to be here to pay my tribute to her. I grew up with her music. Her music was in my era and so she touched my life with her music."
(SOUNDBITE) (English) DORRIS WOOTEN, FAMILY FRIEND AND NEWWARK RESIDENT, SAYING:
"She had a special thing. You know how some of the artists, they go, 'Wooooooo!', but she had a pitch where she could go right into the pitch, right into the note. She was really great."
(SOUNDBITE) (English) IRINA ORELLANA, NEW JERSEY RESIDENT, SAYING:
"I just feel so sad she's gone to soon and too young and I just want to send my condolences to her family, her friends and her loved ones and I love you, Whitney Houston."
Houston was among the greatest singers of the 1980s and 1990s, but her personal life and marriage to singer Bobby Brown was tumultuous. She admitted to heavy use of cocaine, marijuana, alcohol and prescription pills.
Her death at age 48 shocked her family, fans and the music industry.
Houston was found underwater in a hotel bathtub on the eve of the music industry's Grammy Awards. The cause of death has yet to be determined.
Deborah Lutterbeck, Reuters
Many of Houston's fans have left flowers, cards and balloons dedicated to the singer who became a global star with her 1985 debut album that included the hit "Saving All My Love For You."
On the streets of her hometown of Newark, Houston's friends and fans remember her.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) NEWARK RESIDENT AND CHILDHOOD FRIEND OF WHITNEY HOUSTON, LAUREN TAYLOR, SAYING:
"I went to school with her and her brother, her brothers, really all of them, we were together. We were like a block and a half from each other. You know, we got the chance to be with her, I mean, when she was coming up, and her mom did a really good job in getting her ready for her career. So we was able to be there."
FAN SINGING "SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU"
(SOUNDBITE) (English) MONA MCLAURIN, HAMPTON, VIRGINIA RESIDENT, SAYING:
"Well I came up here because I wanted to be here in the presence of Whitney Houston. I came from Hampton, Virginia, to be here to pay my tribute to her. I grew up with her music. Her music was in my era and so she touched my life with her music."
(SOUNDBITE) (English) DORRIS WOOTEN, FAMILY FRIEND AND NEWWARK RESIDENT, SAYING:
"She had a special thing. You know how some of the artists, they go, 'Wooooooo!', but she had a pitch where she could go right into the pitch, right into the note. She was really great."
(SOUNDBITE) (English) IRINA ORELLANA, NEW JERSEY RESIDENT, SAYING:
"I just feel so sad she's gone to soon and too young and I just want to send my condolences to her family, her friends and her loved ones and I love you, Whitney Houston."
Houston was among the greatest singers of the 1980s and 1990s, but her personal life and marriage to singer Bobby Brown was tumultuous. She admitted to heavy use of cocaine, marijuana, alcohol and prescription pills.
Her death at age 48 shocked her family, fans and the music industry.
Houston was found underwater in a hotel bathtub on the eve of the music industry's Grammy Awards. The cause of death has yet to be determined.
Deborah Lutterbeck, Reuters
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