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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Bobby Brown blames security for exit from Houston funeral
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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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Fans kept from funeral mourn Houston in NJ streets
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Reuters – Actor Kevin Costner gave an emotional tribute to singer Whitney Houston at her funeral on Saturday, revealing insights into the singing sensation who died suddenly last week and hit film “The Bodyguard” they made together.
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Kevin Costner recalls "sweet miracle of Whitney"
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Reuters – Stars, family and friends mourned Whitney Houston in a spirited funeral service at her hometown church on Saturday, a week after the sudden death of the singer whose spectacular voice made her one of the biggest pop stars of her era.
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Stars mourn Whitney Houston at hometown service
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Reuters – Soul, gospel and pop music greats from the past and present are set to mourn Whitney Houston on Saturday, one week after the sudden death of the singer whose spectacular voice and best-selling albums made her one of biggest pop stars of her era.
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Family, fans, stars to mourn Whitney Houston
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Reuters – The New Hope Baptist Church, where pop star Whitney Houston first sang and family and friends will gather on Saturday to pay her a final tribute, sits in a hardscrabble corner of Newark, New Jersey. Its well-maintained red-brick facade seems at odds with the dusty parking lot and derelict housing projects around it.
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Whitney Houston’s hometown remembers her fondly
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Reuters – Police on Thursday said they plan to lock down streets near Saturday’s private funeral for Whitney Houston in her hometown of Newark, New Jersey and urged the thousands of fans expected to crowd the area to stay home.
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Houston funeral security tight, fans told stay home
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AP – New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is strongly defending his decision to have flags lowered to half-staff Saturday for the late singer Whitney Houston amid criticism partly related to her history of substance abuse.
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NJ gov strongly defends lowering flags for Houston
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Reuters – Five Whitney Houston songs had made it into the Top 40 in Britain’s music charts by Wednesday, led by “I Will Always Love You” at No. 10, following her death on Saturday aged 48.
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Whitney Houston songs race up UK charts after death
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AP – New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he will order flags flown at half-staff at state government buildings Saturday in memory of Whitney Houston.
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NJ flags to fly at half-staff for Whitney Houston
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