Whitney Houston dead: She was spotted displaying erratic behavior
L.A. Times
Whitney Houston, who found fame as one of pop’s biggest voices, has died. She was 48.
No cause of death has been announced and law enforcement sources said the singer was found in a hotel room at the Beverly Hilton, where emergency medical personnel were called sometime Saturday.
The Hilton is the scene for Davis’ annual gala. On Thursday, Houston dropped by the rehearsals to offer vocal tips for Brandy and Monica, who were slated to be one of the evening’s headliners.
Press, including The Times, were in attendance for a junket with the reunited R&B divas and Davis. Though Houston greeted people with a warm smile, she appeared disheveled in mismatched clothes and hair that was dripping wet with either sweat or water.
The visibly bloated singer displayed erratic behavior throughout the afternoon -- flailing her hands frenetically as she spoke to Brandy and Monica, skipping around the ballroom in a child-like fashion and wandering aimlessly about the lobby. It was mentioned by a Grammy staffer that security personnel received calls of the singer doing handstands by the pool.
After leaving rehearsals, Houston returned to the ballroom -- with her teenage daughter Bobbi Kristina in tow -- as camera crews set up for interviews. The singer smelled of alcohol and cigarettes. A Grammy staffer said that during the interviews with Brandy, Monica and Clive, Houston was dancing just off camera to make the singers and Davis laugh. Grammy personnel expressed concern that she'd be caught on camera, and that reporters would write about her behavior.
Finally her daughter pulled Houston out of the room, and the singer skipped off. In our post of the event, we called Houston's behavior "loose and lively."
No to speak ill of the dead but how does that behavior seem odd when we're talking about Whitney Houston? Minus the handstands that sounds like every interview I've seen with her after her meeting Bobby Brown. That's basically the L.A. Times' way of insinuating she may have been doing crack again but I think she ended up acting pretty crazy whether she was cracked out or not. It was like she crossed some imaginary line in the early 90's and she couldn't go back normal even after dumping Bobby.
What I found most surprising in this story is that Brandy and Monica still perform. I've seen Bigfoot on TV more recently than Monica and Brandy is just Ray J's sister on that VH1 show at this point.
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