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De acordo com o site TMZ, a cantora americana Whitney Houston morreu na tarde desse sábado (11), no Hotel Beverly Hilton, em Beverly Hills, estado da California.
As causas da morte ainda são desconhecidas. O corpo de Whitney foi encontrado em seu quarto no hotel por um membro de sua equipe. Os paramédicos foram chamados e tentaram reanimar a cantora, que não respondeu e foi declarada morta às 15h55. Segundo o TMZ, a mãe de Whitney, Cissy Houston, e sua prima, Dionne Warwick, falaram com a cantora por telefone cerca de meia hora antes de sua morte e tudo parecia absolutamente normal. Funcionários do hotel relataram que a cantora festejou bastante com amigos na noite anterior.
O corpo de Whitney foi retirado por um veículo de investigação criminal. A cantora iria participar da festa pré-Grammy do produtor Clive Davis, que aconteceria na noite desse sábado em Beverly Hills.
O corpo de Whitney foi retirado por um veículo de investigação criminal. A cantora iria participar da festa pré-Grammy do produtor Clive Davis, que aconteceria na noite desse sábado em Beverly Hills.
Reprodução TMZ
Whitney foi vista em público pela última vez na quinta-feria à noite, em Hollywood, em uma festa. Na ocasião, ela subiu ao palco e fez uma pequena participação no show da cantora Kelly Price. Foi a última performance de Whitney:
Whitney Houston ganhou dois prêmios Emmy e seis prêmios Grammy. A cantora vendeu mais de 200 milhões de cópias ao longo de sua carreira. Seu maior sucesso foi com o álbum de "O Guarda Costas", que foi trilha do filme de mesmo nome, que a projetou ao lado do ator Kevin Costner. A música "I Will Always Love You" foi o single feminino mais vendido na história da música mundial.
A cantora teve uma filha, Bobbi Kristina, fruto de seu casamento com o cantor Bobby Brown, que também foi marcado por diversos escândalos. Whitney se separou de Bobby em 2007. Em entrevista, a cantora assumiu o consumo excessivo de álcool, maconha e cocaína. O final de sua carreira foi marcado pela luta contra a dependência química.
O site TMZ também foi o primeiro a publicar a morte do cantor Michael Jackson.
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Veja materia em ingles do TMZ:
Whitney HoustonDead at 48
[]Whitney Houston died this afternoon ... a rep for the singer announced. She was 48.
Our sources tell us a member of Whitney's entourage found her in her 4th-floor room at the Beverly Hilton hotel ... and called hotel security -- who then dialed 911. When paramedics arrived Houston was found unresponsive.
We're told police arrived to the scene within minutes and fire was already there on an unrelated call. According to our sources, paramedics performed CPR but it did not work and she was pronounced dead at 3:55 PM.
Our sources say there were no obvious signs of foul play, but BH PD detectives have begun a full investigation. We're told she was ID'ed by family and friends.
L.A. County Coroner Ed Winter told our photog at 7:09 PM that it is too early in the investigation to tell what happened (see below).
Our sources tell us a member of Whitney's entourage found her in her 4th-floor room at the Beverly Hilton hotel ... and called hotel security -- who then dialed 911. When paramedics arrived Houston was found unresponsive.
We're told police arrived to the scene within minutes and fire was already there on an unrelated call. According to our sources, paramedics performed CPR but it did not work and she was pronounced dead at 3:55 PM.
Our sources say there were no obvious signs of foul play, but BH PD detectives have begun a full investigation. We're told she was ID'ed by family and friends.
L.A. County Coroner Ed Winter told our photog at 7:09 PM that it is too early in the investigation to tell what happened (see below).
The singer famously battled drug addiction for years (see related links below).
Houston was seen out in Hollywood Thursday night for a Grammy party ... and she did not look well (below). She even briefly took the mic and performed a song while she was there -- what would become her last performance.
Houston won two Emmy Awards, six Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards during her record-breaking career. Her album "Whitney" was the first female album to ever debut at #1 on the Billboard Charts. She has sold 200 million albums worldwide.
Houston had one child, Bobbi Kristina, with husband Bobby Brown. Houston and Brown were married from 1992-2007.
Houston had one child, Bobbi Kristina, with husband Bobby Brown. Houston and Brown were married from 1992-2007.
Sources tell TMZ, Whitney Houston "partied heavily" last night at the Beverly HIlton hotel where she was staying, drinking and chatting loudly with friends in the bar -- but Cissy Houston and Dionne Warwick claim the singer sounded fine just hours before her death.
We're told Bobby Brown is distraught over Whitney's death -- going "in and out of crying fits." His band New Edition tells us, they are "shocked and saddened."
Clive Davis' pre-Grammy party -- which Whitney was supposed to open -- is going on as scheduled this evening, though Clive will not be in attendance.
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ, police are currently seeking a search warrant to investigate the hotel room where Whitney was found dead. One item they'll be looking out for -- drugs.
We're told Bobby Brown is distraught over Whitney's death -- going "in and out of crying fits." His band New Edition tells us, they are "shocked and saddened."
Clive Davis' pre-Grammy party -- which Whitney was supposed to open -- is going on as scheduled this evening, though Clive will not be in attendance.
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ, police are currently seeking a search warrant to investigate the hotel room where Whitney was found dead. One item they'll be looking out for -- drugs.
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