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in charlotte. youre still a very, very active performer. what type of toll does it take on a legend like you are, and like whitney houston was, not only the actual tour dates, but also having the paparazzi and people watching your every move? >> well, i think for the more experienced artist, one is pretty much used to that. but for a young artist, perhaps of whitneys age, it may have been very disconcerning to her. i dont dont know. >> you will be perform iing tomorrow night. will you ...

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they did tell us some very important things. they told us that there was no foul play involved. so this is not a murder case. and no signs of trauma. no physical injuries associated with her death. so we do know that she was found in the bathtub of her hotel room in los angeles. we also know that the paramedics on the scene tried to revive her with cpr but were unable to do that. so right now we are waiting for those tests to give us the all-important answers, and for the coroners to c...

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Fans around the world are mourning the loss of legendary singer whitney houston. no more than in her hometown of newark, new jersey. where houston first dazzled audiences at a local baptist church. thats where anna corman is with live reaction. what kind of support are you seeing from the community? >> jamie, hundreds, literally hundreds of people have been coming in to new hope baptist church in newark, new jersey. this is where whitney houston got her start. singing in the boss pel choir, the ...

Took that despite her celebrity. >> absolutely. the first night i melt her people associate the words "diva" with miss houston. he is owns that word. but you dont necessarily associate "diva" the experience i had when i first let her that night in 1997. he is stopped, moments before going on stage and performed to the world on hbo for the childrens charity. he is looked at my sequin dress and said the light inside of you is brighter than your dress. >> eric: that is beautiful. >> it was just a m...

Now that their divorce was settled and they had both moved on? >> it was much more amicable in the later years. we saw the reality show and they let us in on their lives but bobby brown has moved on, hes with somebody else, with a child, and it was much more amicable, seemed like they had grown up. >> were you surprised at the ups and downs of her career? >> i was surprised initially, because you have to remember in the 80s when whitney houston came out she was the golden girl, she was pure clas...

On today and it resonates, its timeless music and she is truly the epitome of the word legend. the word legend is used to easily. everyone is a legend, everybody is a diva. whitney houston embodies legend, a true icon. >> reverend sharpton told us earlier she took the diana ross stardom and ramped it up and took it to a much higher level, this uber super stardom. is that the way you thought of her? ? absolutely. heres the thing, whitney benefited from, she came into our homes through the world o...

To at the peak of her career. and even though some of the songs she presented were of similar vain to the hits she put out, there wasnt anything that was really able to resonate with the audience the way we were hoping they would. >> where do you think her place is in pop music history? what artist is she alongside? >> i think shes alongside aretha franklin, stevie wonder, michael jackson, and a lot of the great artists who were really responsible in cultivating the sound of soul and r&b music, ...

but theres nothing we can do about that. but i want to remember her when she was at the very, very top, because we all love stars like this. >> simon, if you could hold on the line for one moment. were going to go back to don lemon in atlanta. hes going to give a quick news update. >> piers and simon, thank you very much. stand by, everyone, who is watching around the world. im don lemon in atlanta. thank you for watching. breaking news tonight. one of the greatest voices of her genera...