staying in the room above houston s says she heard two loud booms, and a man s voice about 20 minutes before houston was pronounced dead. it is hard nowhere to start to begin to describe the life of whitney houston. i get so emotional baby every time i think of you both an entertainer and person, she s described as larger than life, born in 1963. gospel singer cissy houston, voice discovered when she was a young girl singing at her church. debut sold 12 million copies in the alone. recorded a string of billboard hits in the 1980s and 90s including saving all my love for you and how will i know. we both know i m not what you need and i will always love you houston went on to star with kevin costner in the body guard, the sound truck one of the top ten biggest selling albums of all time including i a rema remake of i will always love you. she battled drug problems, better known for her high-profile and tumultuous 15-year marriage to bobby brown of new editi