Ex-president George H.W. Bush opens up for HBO film

April 26th, 2012 - 

(Reuters) – Former President George H.W. Bush, who has never written a memoir, has told his story in his own words for an HBO documentary to be broadcast on television in June. HBO said on Thursday that the documentary, called “41″ to reflect Bush’s position as the United State’s 41st president, sees Bush reflecting on his childhood, family and a life that took him from World War Two navy aviator to CIA director, vice-president and the White House.

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Police say Houston death not criminal, case closed

April 11th, 2012 - 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Beverly Hills police said on Wednesday they had closed their investigation into the death of singer Whitney Houston in a hotel room bathtub two months ago after concluding no crime was committed.

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Whitney Houston drowned with cocaine in system: coroner

March 22nd, 2012 - 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Pop star Whitney Houston died of accidental drowning due to the effects of cocaine use and heart disease, a Los Angeles County coroner’s spokesman said on Thursday. The 48-year-old singer, who spent years battling addiction to drugs including cocaine, was found submerged in the bathtub of her Beverly Hills hotel room on February 12, the eve of the Grammy Awards

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Ashton Kutcher to fly on Branson’s first spacecraft

March 20th, 2012 - 

(Reuters) – Ashton Kutcher has signed up as an astronaut tourist on Richard Branson’s first spacecraft.

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Whitney Houston sought love in "wrong places": relative

March 9th, 2012 - 

(Reuters) – Late singer Whitney Houston’s manager and sister-in-law Patricia Houston has opened up publicly for the first time since the singer’s sudden death last month, saying she was “looking for love in all the wrong places” in the days ahead of her death. “I saw her chasing a dream, you know, looking for love in all the wrong places,” Patricia Houston told television talk show host Oprah Winfrey, according to transcripts from an interview that will air on the OWN network on Sunday, March 11. ..

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Singer Gene Watson recalls route from cars to country (Reuters)

February 23rd, 2012 - 

Reuters – Early on, Gene Watson pursued his dream of working on cars, toiling as a mechanic, then relaxing with his weekend hobby playing country music in Houston honkytonks and beer joints.

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Aretha remembers Whitney at Radio City (AP)

February 19th, 2012 - 

AP – Aretha Franklin was thankful to be alive Saturday night and thinking about lost friends, among them Whitney Houston.

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Bobby Brown blames security for exit from Houston funeral (Reuters)

February 19th, 2012 - 

Reuters – Singer Bobby Brown abruptly left the funeral of his ex-wife Whitney Houston on Saturday, claiming security guards asked him to move several times and prevented him from seeing his and Houston’s daughter.

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Fans kept from funeral mourn Houston in NJ streets (AP)

February 18th, 2012 - 

AP – While Whitney Houston was being mourned Saturday at her funeral at her childhood church, just blocks away, her music lived on.

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Aretha Franklin: Shocked by Houston’s death (AP)

February 17th, 2012 - 

AP – Aretha Franklin believed Whitney Houston had overcome her demons and was primed for a comeback, which made learning of the troubled singer’s death all the more shocking.

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