List of drug-related deaths

Delta18 · Guru

Whitney Houston RIP

JRH · Guru

Delta18 wrote:
Dead at 48.
Too young, no details of cause yet.
RIP

Possibly something to do with drugs, what a waste. here is a link to the news report:-

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/entertainment/a/-/entertainment/12879442/whitney-houston-dies-at-age-48/

Vic · Guru

Cripes, I didn't realise she was that young, and what a voice! cry

RIP Whitney cry

lilly31 · Guru

R.I.P.Whitney ....such a loss to the music industry and her family

goinsoon · Guru

A sad loss for someone who once had a great voice but destroyed herself - how sad a great talent was self destructed

glassies · Guru

like most of our talented peoples ,janis joplin ,jimi hendrix, micheal hutchence and many others jim morrison from the doors
all ruin there lives with the drugs,and wasnt there music so amazing too, R.I.P Whitney Houstan may you fly with the Angels.

milo · Guru

she had a rough visit out here last couple years, wasnt like how she used to be, darn the drugs

jimbo · Guru

I loved her voice! But after all she was only another druggie....Who got her Whack.....Wonder how many other lives she destroyed due to her habit

AmandaJayne · Guru

its really sad to hear... rip Whitney

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

she was still a bloody good singer. RIP Whitney

gordon_adl · Senior Member

Sad, very sad. Fell in love with the wrong person. Got her onto drugs and she was never the same after. Found her in a bathtub. Such a waste of human life.

goinsoon · Guru

_wombat_ wrote:
she was still a bloody good singer. RIP Whitney

Correction: She was once a bloody good singer, but her lifestyle put paid to that

Lynnie · Senior Member

I was saddened to hear of her passing and to see the path her life had taken when she was alive.
She had everything going for her a few years ago, until she took up with that Bobby Brown.
It is a good example of a choice poorly made.
It is certainly a reminder to anyone to make appropriate choices for themselves and to make a caring investment in those who genuinely care for our welfare.

Cruising Granny · Guru

Very sad waste of life. Her voice in Bodyguard was absolutely over-powering. It still gives me good pumps when I hear it.
If anyone does any singing or has anything to do with music would know that feeling to belt out a tune.

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

If you like Whitney Houston then have a look at this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmLemlIDCl0

Zoomtopz · Guru

Learning to loove yourSELF is the greatest gift of all , another one who did not take their own advice . O'keefe - if you want to be happy , sing a happy song .

Well they can be Examples of what I do NOT want to be .

dropbear68 · Senior Member

Yep sad stuff, old Elvis started all this, all them fried banana hamburgers and drugs for desert

03_troopy · Guru

Elvis was a comparative late comer to the scene. Check out this list.

List of drug-related deaths

So sad that such a talented person will also be now added to this list.

Cruising Granny · Guru

It seems to have a lot to do with the amount of money they gain at a young age, or very quickly, and the type of people they attract along the way. It's a sad cycle, and people prey on these talented but vulnerable people and take advantage of their weakened state under the bright lights, behind the hoo hah back stage and in private.
What we see in the media is not real life for these people.
All those who have became strong and resisted the temptation of the vultures and leeches must be admired.
Those who conduct the star's business behind the scenes need to be strong and responsible, and when someone slips in through the cracks, it can lead to disasters such as Whitney, and all those before her.
It's not so glamorous.

Rip and Rosie · Guru

Trouble with show biz is that for every star there is a thousand vultures and leeches around them. Everyone out for themselves, using the star for their own gain.

Like a lot of others, Whitney "had it all" - looks, talent, money, success- and everyone wanted a piece of it.

I'm sorry for her, for her daughter, and for all of the others like her.

Rosie

JRH · Guru

Rip and Rosie wrote:
Trouble with show biz is that for every star there is a thousand vultures and leeches around them. Everyone out for themselves, using the star for their own gain.

Like a lot of others, Whitney "had it all" - looks, talent, money, success- and everyone wanted a piece of it.

I'm sorry for her, for her daughter, and for all of the others like her.

Rosie

The star dies and the parasites survive, it makes one sick.