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Candlelight Vigil for Whitney:

Those are mean, yet funny as hell! Whitney was a great singer but a friggin' mess of a person. I can't imagine what it would be like to have the entire world watching everything I do all the time.

that's no excuse for her actions & behaviors, she was just living her life but it was a screwed up one at best.

Not so much a joke, but the funniest Whitney Huston moment ever:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/ef87G5MDYfM

Her only hell was she couldn't sing any more like she used to.

I think there's a untold problem in America of again partiers that haven't come to terms with their age and their limitations.

49 was a bit young, but there has been a rash of 50ish people dying from drug related deaths in recent years. I lost a close friend last year, out of the blue, Rocky was dead. Micheal Jackson, Billy Maise are a few high profile people to have died also in recent years.

I don't get the feeling these people were at an all time low at the time they died. I don't think they were strung out junkies pushing the envelope doing greater doses than their body could handle.
I suspect, that somewhere around 50, when historically partiers start curbing their usage, and change their lifestyle. Some don't, they keep a lifestyle of excess and debauchery, their hearts just can't take it.
Even lesser doses than they are used to are doing them in. People just don't listen to their body telling them to slow down.

The autopsy isn't out yet, and we can only speculate what killed her.
I would bet, it's nothing that she hasn't been doing for years up until the end. Sometimes the body just says "no mas!".

I'm not a Whitney Houston fan, but people think "Overdose" when these stories hit. I don't think it's a "Dosage" issue at all. That suggests that there's a suitable dosage for people at that age.
When in reality at 50, you're probably playing Russian roulette even when you use Sudefed.

I have a deviated septum and sometimes my heart pounds after I take nasal decongestants. I've gone from using sudefed or afrin, to using a neti pot.

The GOP says

The autopsy isn't out yet, and we can only speculate what killed her.

Yeah, and that will probably take weeks to come out.

My guess though is that the "cause" will be drug assisted drowning. After all she was found underwater. It is easy enough to fall asleep in a bath, but add liqueur and pills...

I am sure you intended this thread to be a "WAKE" like celebration of her life, Right ? She would have laughed at each of those jokes !

List ALL the stars you remember that died shortly after their fame did.

I can think of Elvis, John Candy, Freddie Prince...

John Candy was at the top of his game, he died filming City Slickers 2.
He was such a big shot, he kept the set a constant party on his dime.

Elvis was also in a strong comeback. He died on my 9th Birthday, I wanted his latest release Burning Love. His funeral procession was bigger than JFK's.

APOCALYPSEFUCK is Tony Manero says

There is no endogenous relationship between musical performance and abusing drugs and alcohol.

No, but there is a direct correlation between CELEBRITY and drugs/alcohol. Imagine going from normal to having everything catered to your every whim; no limits and everyone telling you how fucking awesome you truly are.

Oops - you already know that, AF.

But for some reason I remembered the Challenger jokes: What color were Christa McAulliffe's eyes? Blue - one blew east, and one blew west. hahaha

elliemae says

Blue - one blew east, and one blew west

Aren't We sick for laughing at that kinda tragedy ? I had not heard that one. The only shuttle joke I remember involved throwing a lit match in the air. Worked for Richard Pryor as well.

He says he was running down the street on fire & some prick hollered, Hey buddy got a light ?

Q: What do Morton Thiokol and a walrus have in common?
A: Both are looking for a tight seal.

The earlier you kick the the drugs and booze the longer you live.
Keith Richards is still alive.... and he did as much drugs as possible from 1967 to 1980. The hard stuff ..Heroin. Sober for 30 years he is 68 and still rocking.. Its all sad what happened to a lovely lady.

Whitney Houston Funeral: Celebrities Speak

Jay Z: Be sure you buy my 'Whitney's Dead' t-shirt.

Bobby Brown: Even in death, I still felt like beating her up.

Puff Daddy: See? She didn't vote -- and now she's dead.

Bill Maher: Drug addict, lousy mother - but she was still cool, just like Barack Obama.

Jon Stewart: It honestly wouldn't surprise me if conservatives did this to her.

Barack Obama, tweeting: Whitney, I will avenge the unspeakable crime by Mitt Romney which lead directly to your death.

Al Sharpton: Barack is wrong. The damn Jews killed Whitney. Hey, anybody seen my car?

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee: Does this mean the money's dried up?

Rep. John Conyers: I hope she read her will before she signed it.

Andrea Mitchell, NBC: I wonder if Republicans even care.

Samuel L. Jackson: The damn bitch just laid there.

Scarlett Johanson: At least they didn't put her in a sweater vest.

Chris Mathews: It sent a tingle down my leg. Or was that.... Oh, not again! Now my pants are soaking wet!

Bill Clinton: Very moving. The first time I was ever moved to put my hand down the front of a dead woman's dress.

Orlando Jones: Too bad it ain't Sarah Palin lyin' there dead like that.

Jimmy Falon: I wish the band was here, we could have struck up "Lying' Ass Bitch," as they carried her body out.

Will Smith: The biggest pity is she'll never see my new place in Malibu.

Brad Pitt: Seeing a dead body... Now I'm really depressed.

Jesse Jackson: Racism is what killed her.

Michael Moore: Is there food somewhere?

Michelle Obama: Is there free food somewhere?

Her pharmacist: I will miss her.

Liberal Pat. net posters: "It's Bush's fault!!"

You have to admit she was a fantastic singer. She was a beautiful women with a beautiful voice. Like so many other famous people, she got involved with hard drugs...terrible shame. Too bad there wasn't some type of intervention for her, Elvis, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, John Beluchi (spelling?) and so many other's.

Whitney - R.I.P. we'll miss you,

Abe