Unfortunately, the diva died tragically on February 11, 2012, according toUSA Today.
It seemed like the whole world was in mourning for months afterwards.
She was also “acutely intoxicated with cocaine” when she tragically died.
That includes her mother, Cissy, who once saw her daughterextremelyintoxicated.
“I saw her one timereallyhigh,” she revealed in aninterviewwith Oprah Winfrey.
“I wanted to hurt her, I really did, because it hurt me so bad.”
“I knew that she was in trouble,” Pat confessed in an interview withNightline.
And while everyone did what they could, in the end it wasn’t enough to save her.
And later, it was her older brother Michael who first introduced her to cocaine.
And as for what these drugs could do to a person?
“We didn’t know,” he continued.
“That’s something I’ve got to live with for the rest of my life.”
That’s a true travesty.
What an awful situation, all around.
But Gary didn’t have fond feelings about Crawford either.
“It was evil; it was wicked.”
As for Whitney Houston’s mother Cissy’s opinion of Crawford?
“I didn’t particularly like her,” she shared in aninterviewwith Oprah Winfrey.
And she added that she woulddefinitelynot be okay if her daughter was a lesbian.
So who was it that showed their support and confirmed thatperhapsthe rumors were true?
For starters, Houston’s musical director Rickey Minor said that the singer’s sexuality was “fluid.”
And another friend noted that “Robyn was her safety net.”
As for what Crawford had to say?
“I was never going to betray her.”
So no matter what, beyond a shadow of a doubt, Crawford and Houston were indisputably friends.
Beyond that, we may never know for certain.
“To have it end like that saddened me.”
Given how much his fans were hurting, we can’timaginethat that must have been like.
“But they understand each other.
They were two of the few people in the world who could understand what their circumstances were.”
And she didn’t have the nicest things to say about them, either.
“The girl is singing off-key on the record!”
“What’s she got?
She’s got an image that we all know ain’t even really true.”
Houston and her mother also complained about Janet Jackson in the film, according toNMEmagazine.
Sounds like no one was safe from their shade!
It was magic, pure and simple, and left viewers covered in goosebumps and crying in their seats.
It was during the war in the Persian Gulf, and Houston knew what was at stake.
“We needed hope to bring our babies home,” she declared inWhitney(viaNME).
That deep sincerity was evident.
And when she finally sang it, it was the first run, ever.
That’s just how incredible she was.
Alas, the turnaround was temporary, as Houston passed away three months after filming completed.
