And I don’t mean had a bad concert. BBC news is reporting Breaking News that she’s just died at age 48. I remember her from the 1980s.
ABC news has reported it, too.
What a shame. She had an incredible voice once upon a time.
On ABC news now- not on CNN as of this writing. It’s from her official publicist, Kristen Foster, so either it’s true or she has a really crappy publicist.
ETA: It’s on Wiki before it’s on CNN (albeit with an “event in progress” label).
Where was Kevin Costner? 
RIP, Whitney.
Shame.
“Reached for comment, Costner said “I made a movie with her once, back in the '90s I think” in an unemoted monotone.”
Just so you know, I’m stealing that to use as a response to the first of my FB friends to post the fact.
DAMN! An incredibly beautiful & talented woman is gone forever.
As I said on FB: While this is tragic, I’m not looking forward to hearing “I Will Always Love You” for months every time I turn on the radio.
Incredible voice. That sucks. Too young. I blame Bobby Brown for her messes.
Aye, thankfully I don’t listen to radio. While I think her version of the song is stunning, I fucking hate the IIIIIIIIIeeeeeeIIIIIIIeeeeeeIIIIIIIIeeeeeeeIIIIIII WILL ALWAYS LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE YOOOoooooOOOOOOoooooOOOU part of it.
Well, now I’m having an earwig, or whatever you call that.
Wow, I’m guessing drugs then. Sad.
AAAGGGHHH! BBC is playing it right now! :eek:
Man, that is a shame. She was so young, and had such amazing talent, and then the trainwreck of her life just pulled her down. Such a waste of a great voice.
No official cause of death yet, or even location. She was in Atlanta as of a few days ago, when there was a news item that after earning well over $100 million she was broke (which her publicist disputed), but no idea if she still was there.
I’m guessing it will be found she was rick-rolled, but perhaps I’m wrong.
Although they’re discussing her past drug use, BBC is now saying that when she sang at Michael Jackson’s comeback show, “it was clear she was seriously ill.”