I feel terrible for her daughter. To lose your mom, at age 18 has got to be terrible. I dated a girl who lost her mom, just 3 days before her wedding, when she was 19. I knew that woman when she was 36 and she still cried all the time, for her loss.
When she sang the national anthem, there was hardly a dry eye in the crowd. And I've never heard a bigger shout and applause, following any rendition of the NA. But to me, watching the videos of her singing, I think she was pretty high at the time. Her movements, her arm gestures, her energy...
As Russel Brand said about Amy Winehouse, following her death, "Drugs took her music years before they took her life."
Whitney Houston was a real talent and a fantastic beauty. Her demons spoke louder than her angels.