Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/02/11/whitney-houston-dies-at-48/ One of the most beautiful voices - was hopin' to hear you sing again someday GG ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Unexpected, but not surprising unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonk Thimblerig Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 She was so talented, but so troubled. Perhaps now she can have peace. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 I always have to remind myself that performers are people too and have their own demons to battle. I hope she finds Peace. I did enjoy her music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Payne 13115 Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 How do they get hooked up with that dam junk. Too sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deja Vous Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 The voice and heart of an angel. Seems girls like that get mixed up with the worst guys... Sad very sad... I do look forward to hearing her voice again someday too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uno Mas SASS #80082 Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 "I've seen the needle and the damage done" RIP, Ms. Houston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big50 Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Unexpected, but not surprising unfortunately. Sadly it is not. She did have an amazing gift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Truly a troubled lady. Beautiful music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apache Hawk 60642 Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 R.I.P. Miss Houston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster Ron Wayne Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 No more drug Demons ,RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted February 12, 2012 Author Share Posted February 12, 2012 Sadly it is not. She did have an amazing gift. Aye... GG ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 What a wasted talent. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bama Red Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 I don't think it was a surprise. It was more a question of "when", not "if". What a shame and a waste. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoken D Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Outside 48, inside 88, probably just wore out. Always sad, so sad. Drugs R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Man oh man what a set of pipes that lady had!! She could sing like an angel. So sad, such a talent. Rest in peace pretty lady. Rye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Branch Louie Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 How do they get hooked up with that dam junk. Too sad. Sadly, too many folks are looking for something that makes them feel OK inside. Some live long enough to learn how to fill that hole the better way, many, many do not....RIP pretty lady, your demon is gone now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 There was a radio show yesterday (I am sure there were many) where they played many of her recordings. The show finished with The Star Spangled Banner from Superbowl XXV in 1991. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EL NEGRO GATO #8178 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Hey gunner she was good but still a doper ENG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Just saw a short piece on Hollywood Drug Re-Hab institutions. $90000/month and they can't make it difficult(read effective) or the patient won't want to come back. In effect a revolving door. She could sing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anvil Al #59168 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 There was a radio show yesterday (I am sure there were many) where they played many of her recordings. The show finished with The Star Spangled Banner from Superbowl XXV in 1991. I remember sitting in my living room getting ready to watch the Super Bowl when that came on. Have to say. I sit there with tears in my eyes watching it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 Hey gunner she was good but still a doper ENG Pard - that is common knowledge and a sad history on her part. I personally know folks and have seen the effects and captivity of drugs on people...some of the kindest people I have known - including family. Some can overcome...some can't. Still, she did many selfless things for people too and her talent shined....it's a tragic case indeed. GG ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good Hands SASS #8247 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 She was very talented and it's a shame that she died so young. But I have to ask, why all the hoopla in the media about it? I believe there are people dieing every day that have had so much more impact on the lives of others that aren't recognized at all. I understand the Grammy's, after all she was a very good performer and that was her thing. But Good Morning America and Nancy Grace and so many, many others that are just using her noteriety to capture an audience share is just wrong in my opinion. I don't get the hero worship thing, I guess. I was at a George Strait concert years ago and people had to be restrained from jumping onstage, really? I like his singing, but he's just a good ol boy up there singing and not the second coming. Our society is messed up, and unfortunately nothing good will come from the attention her death has caused. Tomorrow the attention will shift to something else, it always does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Branch Louie Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 She was very talented and it's a shame that she died so young. But I have to ask, why all the hoopla in the media about it? I believe there are people dieing every day that have had so much more impact on the lives of others that aren't recognized at all. I understand the Grammy's, after all she was a very good performer and that was her thing. But Good Morning America and Nancy Grace and so many, many others that are just using her noteriety to capture an audience share is just wrong in my opinion. I don't get the hero worship thing, I guess. I was at a George Strait concert years ago and people had to be restrained from jumping onstage, really? I like his singing, but he's just a good ol boy up there singing and not the second coming. Our society is messed up, and unfortunately nothing good will come from the attention her death has caused. Tomorrow the attention will shift to something else, it always does. GH, all the atetntion is about ratings, they could give a good rat's a#$ whether she died or not. They'll play it for all it's worth until another headline grabs their attention. I have a very good friend who lost everything he had and nearly killed himself with crack cocaine. He said the addiction is so powerful not a day passes that he doesn't think of it. It ain't about strong or weak, race, money or anything else. It's about a demon getting hold of you and having been gripped pretty good myself years ago, it SURE wasn't because I didn't want to quit.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry T Harrison Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Pard - that is common knowledge and a sad history on her part. I personally know folks and have seen the effects and captivity of drugs on people...some of the kindest people I have known - including family. Some can overcome...some can't. Still, she did many selfless things for people too and her talent shined....it's a tragic case indeed. GG ~ There are many things in this world that are tragedies. The 11 year old who was beaten to death in Pittsburgh for not vacuuming the floor, the young mother pushing her child in a stroller that was run over and killed buy a drunk driver, the National Guardsman who left his family and died for his country are tragic deaths. A rich diva that thought that she was above the law doesn’t constitute a tragedy to me. Life is about choices good and bad and we live or die by those choices. She made her choice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Cherokee, SASS#48332 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Beautiful voice..Sad life..RIP pretty lady. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 There are many things in this world that are tragedies. The 11 year old who was beaten to death in Pittsburgh for not vacuuming the floor, the young mother pushing her child in a stroller that was run over and killed buy a drunk driver, the National Guardsman who left his family and died for his country are tragic deaths. A rich diva that thought that she was above the law doesn't constitute a tragedy to me. Life is about choices good and bad and we live or die by those choices. She made her choice Yes, Captain Righteous, I know...never said her trajedy was above anyone else's Too bad that some folks don't have have your 'strength' to make the right choices in life. I bet you walk on water too GG ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry T Harrison Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Now was that response really called for? I make and have made a lot of bad choices in my life and I’m sure that I will continue to do so until the day I die. That said I’m tired of hearing what a tragedy some junkies death was. This woman had everything in the world going for her and gave it all up for the pipe. Drug addiction is not a disease that you catch from a dirty toilet seat or an infected person sneezing or coughing on you. To become an addict you must deliberately decide to commit a crime and then repeat that crime over and over. Who especially in the entertainment industry isn’t aware of what the results of picking up the pipe are? She thought she was above it. She wasn’t Was her death a waste of a great talent? Yes it was, was it a tragedy, no it was as a direct result of the choice she made Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 Now was that response really called for? I make and have made a lot of bad choices in my life and I'm sure that I will continue to do so until the day I die. That said I'm tired of hearing what a tragedy some junkies death was. This woman had everything in the world going for her and gave it all up for the pipe. Drug addiction is not a disease that you catch from a dirty toilet seat or an infected person sneezing or coughing on you. To become an addict you must deliberately decide to commit a crime and then repeat that crime over and over. Who especially in the entertainment industry isn't aware of what the results of picking up the pipe are? She thought she was above it. She wasn't Was her death a waste of a great talent? Yes it was, was it a tragedy, no it was as a direct result of the choice she made indeed it was - you don't seem to grasp the complexity of addiction on people - many reasons that some become addicted...even with legitimate, legal perscription drugs - it isn't always the street drugs pard. ...and yes her death was tragic because of the talent wasted (via drugs, a bad choice) that had the abilty to touch lives and support charitable means...and no her trajedy is not any greater or less than many other tragedies faced by so many - old, young - rich, poor. GG ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry T Harrison Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 indeed it was - you don't seem to grasp the complexity of addiction on people - many reasons that some become addicted...even with legitimate, legal perscription drugs - it isn't always the street drugs pard. ...and yes her death was tragic because of the talent wasted (via drugs, a bad choice) that had the abilty to touch lives and support charitable means...and no her trajedy is not any greater or less than many other tragedies faced by so many - old, young - rich, poor. GG ~ I spent the first eight years of an almost forty year law enforcement career as a probation officer. I know how drug addiction works and the devastation that it causes both to the addicts family and to society. But I also know that it was a choice that they made and that they are responsible for and that we all as a society pay for their selfish decision to use drugs. Ms Houstons death was a regretable waste of a great talent but it was far from my definition of a tragedy your definition is very different and I respect that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 [/size] OK - fair nuff pard.... Still would like to see the walking on water trick (jus kiddin' ) have a good weekend GG ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good Hands SASS #8247 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 "But I also know that it was a choice that they made and that they are responsible for and that we all as a society pay for their selfish decision to use drugs. Ms Houstons death was a regretable waste of a great talent but it was far from my definition of a tragedy your definition is very different and I respect that." Taking your logic one step further, I think you're saying that if someone chooses to break the law they deserve what they get and therefore their death in this case wouldn't be tragic. What if it's a high school kid and his friends out drinking and he wrecks his car, losing his life in the process. Would you consider that to be tragic? What if that driver or a passenger in the car was your child or grandchild? Never forgive and never forget, right? I'll back off, I respect your right to your opinion, and you've earned the right to disagree. This world is harsh enough without squabbling over semantics. I guess she got what she deserved, by your standard, but I can feel compassion for her anyway, tragic or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowhouse Sam # 25171 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 The one I feel for is her daughter as its rumored she may be headed down the same road. Hopefully, a guiding spirit will intervene and give her happiness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacknife Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 A singing crack-head, gone but not forgotten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 The one I feel for is her daughter as its rumored she may be headed down the same road. Hopefully, a guiding spirit will intervene and give her happiness. Yup.. GG ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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