Whitney Houston

Aug 08, 1963 - Feb 10, 2012

Beverly Hills, CA

"I Will Always Love You," singer and "The Bodyguard" actress Whitney Houston met her tragic end 13 years back.Born in 1963 in Newark, New Jersey, Whitney Houston died in 2012 in Beverly Hills, California, at the age of 48. She was an American actress and singer who was one of the best-selling musical performers of the 1980s and 1990s. Her fantastic vocal ability and dynamic, emotive power became the benchmark of excellence on which all other pop singers were judged in her lifetime. Indeed, it ...Read More

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