No Wake or Public Memorial Planned for Whitney Houston
Funeral plans have been set for Whitney Houston, but there are surprisingly no plans for a wake or public memorial for the superstar.
Private services will take place on Saturday at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark — the same church where she got her start signing in the choir. Whigham Funeral Home is making the arrangements, telling the AP the ceremony starts at noon.
“The Houston family means a lot to this community, they have done a lot for this community, and being there for them is the best thing we can do as a community today,” church patron Shawn Cooper told NBC News.
Whitney passed away this past weekend, but the cause of death is still unknown. Authorities have said there were no signs of foul play or trauma. Toxicology tests can take weeks to conclude, so the world will have to wait to find out what happened that fateful Saturday afternoon.
Fans will get one final tribute to the fallen star — her movie Sparkle with Jordin Sparks. All of Whitney’s scenes have been filmed and the music completed. The studio plans to release the film and soundtrack later this year.
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IM SO HAPPY WHITNEY MOTHER WILL NOT BE HAVEING A PUBLIC WAKE AND SERVICE SO THAT THE HATERS WANT BE ABLE TO SEE HER BODY…LOVE U WHITNEY R.I.P.
I think that was best,too.Some people might try things.Where everybody grieves different,& since,she was a loving,and,beautiful person,its no telling,what one might do.Take care ,my idol,luv yu Whitney.
people lets just pray for her to Rest In Peace….
I agree!!! Whitney u r gone but u will NEVER BE FORGOTTEN!!! Bless
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I believe the media contributed big time to her stress level,why on earth dint you give her space???? you took Jackson now you took Her, its time you shape up.they are humans with emotion,Not robots, in the photos it show you were provoking her.
Who is this lady in the background?
Who is this man beside Whitney?
People stop always trying to search for negativity in everything. Everyone has their faults…
Well she sure doesn’t looked messed up to me…. Kayla you look messed up to me on your picture, but does that mean that you are really messed up….
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Her body guard Ray Watson he is her sister in law Pat’s brother
I really do believe that Whitney was murdered by executives at Arista records because she had become a liability to them no longer able to sing but stll under contract to be paid, people no longer wanted to see her live but preferred her records, unfortunately, record companies cannot make it on the recordings alone, they need public appearances in the form of concerts its the best way of promoting the record and the artist himself. this picture you see was posted on the website: BlackPlanet.com and underneath it the cption read “Is Whitney Houston suicidal?” 2 days later Whitney ends up dead………….. what a coincidence. The person who took the pictures probably wanted to create the illusion or the image that Whitney was suicidal hoping that once they kill her no one would suspect murder but quick to believe it was suicide and the y wold get away with it
Wow she just looks so bad. A self-destructive person who died a very disgraceful death.
YOU COULD HAVE KEPT THAT TO YOURSELF. CAN YOU NOT LET HER REST IN PEACE? WOW… THAT NOT A GOOD LOOK DONNA.
Yikes, she looks awful. Really bloated and sweaty. Druggies never die with dignity
She look really bad. Why people worship drug users? She die because she use too many drugs. No person to glorify.
Terrible. She looks really doped up. She just completely lost her looks, voice and obviously her mind.
Yuk. Doped up and out of it. Yeah we all have choices. She made hers.
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Who the hell said that the cause of her death was drugs and alcohol???? I think it was just her time Gods call!!!!
It’s in two of these photos! I couldn’t believe it when I saw it.
A lot of people are commenting on Whitney Houston’s personal life as if they knew her. They are all up in her business. The Old African Proverb:Hear All And See All But Tend To What Belongs T o You!