# Anyone else hear that Whitney Houston OD'd? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 13, 2001, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-hear-that-whitney-houston-odd/81406 "2001-09-13T18:40:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-hear-that-whitney-houston-odd/81406/1 "2001-09-13T18:40:13Z")
I don’t want to start a rumor, but our office has ties to the music industry, and we just heard that Whitney Houston OD’d. I can’t get any news on this. Is it true (I hope not). ---
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-hear-that-whitney-houston-odd/81406/2 "2001-09-13T18:41:10Z")
Jeesh. Hope not too, but I wouldn’t be suprised. I had no idea she was such a druggy until recently. ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-hear-that-whitney-houston-odd/81406/3 "2001-09-13T18:52:05Z")
The only thing I heard was that last night she was supposed to perform for another Michael Jackson concert and backed out only two hours before the show was supposed to start. But this doesn’t surprise me in the least. She did the exact same thing at an award show last year (I can’t remember if it was the Academy Awards or the Grammys, it was one of the bigger award shows though). Just a couple of weeks ago, her hubby Bobby supposedly had a “seizure” and was taken to the hospital, but then adamantly refused to submit to alcohol or drug testing. Just last week, she performed a concert for Michael Jackson’s 30th anniversary and she looked downright anorexic, really super skinny and strung out looking. It has long been rumored that both she and Bobby are major cokeheads. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-hear-that-whitney-houston-odd/81406/4 "2001-09-13T18:55:11Z")
I’ve been hearing about her drug problem for a while. I checked [http://www.calendarlive.com/](http://www.calendarlive.com/) - LATime’s entertainment site. Nothing there, at least not on the front page. I should think that they’d have the news, if there was any such news on Whitney. ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-hear-that-whitney-houston-odd/81406/5 "2001-09-13T18:55:13Z")
We just heard the same thing around the office. Not sure if it’s true, salaicious rumours travel fast. ---
**Author:** ![Rose\_Red](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/96bed5/32.png) [@Rose\_Red](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rose_Red)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-hear-that-whitney-houston-odd/81406/6 "2001-09-13T19:26:44Z")
> **[Disney.com | The official home for all things Disney](https://www.disney.com/)** > > The official website for all things Disney: theme parks, resorts, movies, tv programs, characters, games, videos, music, shopping, and more! Here’s a link to a story on it. She’s very much alive, according to her publicist. ---
**Author:** ![Ivar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ivar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ivar)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-hear-that-whitney-houston-odd/81406/7 "2001-09-13T19:29:13Z")
Here’s a link which may explain the rumor. [http://www.nationalenquirer.com/stories/news.cfm?instanceid=2115](http://www.nationalenquirer.com/stories/news.cfm?instanceid=2115) ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-hear-that-whitney-houston-odd/81406/8 "2001-09-13T19:38:12Z")
have you seen her? She looks like a concentration camp survivor, it’s horrifying. She makes Calista Flockhart look robust. ---
**Author:** ![Spartacus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Spartacus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spartacus)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-hear-that-whitney-houston-odd/81406/9 "2001-09-13T20:51:22Z")
Yeah, well who the fuck cares! She OD’d on stupidity a long time ago. ---
**Author:** ![Fletch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/919ad9/32.png) [@Fletch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fletch)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-hear-that-whitney-houston-odd/81406/10 "2001-09-13T20:59:07Z")
The National Enquirer does it again, what a rag. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2001, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-hear-that-whitney-houston-odd/81406/11 "2001-09-14T06:08:30Z")
**Ivar** or **lvar** ’s link didn’t work. An OD isn’t always fatal.