On February 11, 2012, at the Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, a generation of singer superstar Whitney Houston mysteriously died.
When she was spotted, she lay head down in the bathtub in the bathroom, showing no signs of life.
Later, the police further investigated and found something even more surprising -
There was no fighting, no pushing, and no blood in the house.
Tidy as usual.
What the hell is going on?
Why did Whitney Houston die suddenly?
If you want to elaborate on this suspense case, you may have to start with Whitney when she was a child.
Whitney Houston is God's darling.
Born well, his parents loved him.
More importantly, Whitney Houston began a smooth life from birth.
She comes from a musical family. His father was a former football star, a politician with high prestige and profound knowledge.
His mother, Sissi Houston, was a choral singer. He has sung as an accompanist for famous American singers such as "Elvis Presley", and his singing skills are first-class. He later debuted solo and released six albums.
It is worth mentioning that many years later, when Whitney Houston embarked on the path of music, her mother sang with her, and exchanged high notes in the MV.
Whitney's parents are awesome, and her relatives are even better.
Her godmother, Aretha Franklin, was an American soul singer queen. Status is respected.
Aretha Franklin is also a soul singer, known as the "First Lady".
Others, the eldest cousin, Dion Warwick, is a generation of "golden voices" who have won the Grammy Award for Best Female Singer several times.
It can be said that Whitney's entire family, from her parents to her mother, cousins and other people, are among the best figures in the music world.
Growing up in this environment, Whitney was naturally extraordinary.
Sure enough, her parents wanted Whitney to inherit the "family business" and become a singer.
Therefore, since birth, her mother often took Whitney to the recording studio to play, and carefully explained music knowledge to her.
At that time, my father also quipped: "Nippy, you don't remember the first time you went into the studio, because you were still in your mother's belly." ”
Whenever this happened, my mother would always spoil a smile.
Perhaps it was from this time that my mother was determined to raise Whitney into a generation of superstars.
She let Whitney go to the best school, wear the most avant-garde costumes, and take little Whitney to wander the stages, with the purpose of allowing her to see the world more.
Whitney was also obedient.
At that time, she was a typical well-behaved woman, obeying all the arrangements of her mother.
At the age of 11, Whitney was arranged by her mother to successfully go to the local church to sing.
She was a soloist, and she couldn't help but panic in the face of a room full of people.
And the mother has been sitting in the audience, staring at Whitney motionlessly, smiling and encouraging her.
This gave Whitney a lot of courage.
She stood in the center of the stage, singing with her voice open.
That day, it was Whitney's first appearance on stage.
It also became the place where her dream began.
But at this time, the mother's attitude changed again, and she would repeat it over and over again, constantly telling Whitney: "Nippy, you will be extremely lonely in the future, your mother is a person who has come, and your mother wants to tell you that this road will be doomed to be lonely." ”
Whitney listened to the clouds and did not know what to do.
Years later, when she stood on the world-class stage, she truly understood the deep meaning of her mother's words.
But, it was all too late.
Back to Whitney in her childhood.
After all, the child is optimistic, she can't understand her mother's words, she no longer thinks hard, and she focuses on singing.
At this time, her mother would also take Whitney to perform in major nightclubs.
By the time she was less than 17 years old, Whitney had learned the thrill of being championed and the passion of being followed by her fans.
She enjoyed it a lot.
So that same year, when Clive Davis invited Whitney to debut, she agreed without a hint of hesitation.
Clive, president of RCA Records, immediately offered to offer a global contract after seeing Whitney perform at a New York nightclub.
Neither Whitney nor her mother had any objections.
In this way, Whitney mistakenly hit and bumped into the American music scene.
Clive was also interesting, and after signing for 2 years, he helped Whitney launch the album "Whitney Houston".
it is Whitney's song of the same name.
The result surprised everyone, and as soon as the album was released, it immediately triggered a phenomenal boom.
The song sold more than 25 million copies and occupied the Billboard Top 100 for 14 consecutive weeks.
What is even more unexpected is that in this album, three national number one singles were born together.
Whitney became the nation's best-selling female singer.
At this time, an interesting thing happened.
It is said that after the release of Whitney's first album, she was invited by Michael Jackson to collaborate due to her popularity.
But was politely rejected by Whitney's agency.
Reason: I hope she keeps a low profile.
It's also very interesting.
Still, the legend Whitney created continues.
A year later, she squeezed into the Grammys with a song called "Saving All My Love For You" and won the "Best Female Pop Vocalist" award.
Not long after, she released her second album in a high profile, winning the Best Singer Award again.
And was praised as: the first female singer to have a special 4 crowns.
Congratulations, the album has also sold over 10 million copies worldwide.
In the years that followed, Whitney rose to prominence in the music scene.
In 1988, she once again won the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocalist.
In 1989, he was named the eighth wonder of the world by the New York Times for his rich achievements.
In 2001, he won the Emmy Award for the second time (anyone who follows American entertainment knows that the Emmy Award weighs a lot).
This pile, piece by piece, directly pushed Whitney's status to the top.
She became the most famous, legendary and influential female singer in the United States.
Singer Adele later praised Whitney more than once.
But, just when her music career was at its peak, Whitney decided to cross the border — she wanted to achieve something in the history of cinema.
So in the following years, Whitney put away her anger and began to calm down and act.
In 1992, Kevin Sterner approached Whitney and said that there was a movie lead actress who had to play her.
Whitney was at her peak at this time, with a steady stream of invitations around the world, and she couldn't find time.
When Kevin heard this, he immediately made a plan: "It's okay, then we'll wait for you to shoot again in a year." ”
Thus, "The Bodyguard" turned out.
This is Whitney's first appearance in the film.
I have to say, extremely successful.
The movie is about the sadistic love between the bodyguard and the female star, and finally the bodyguard is shot and killed to protect the female star.
This female star is none other than Whitney.
She is the true character.
Perhaps because of this, Whitney played this role into three points, and it was extremely appropriate.
It's a character archetype.
This film was released that year, and it also achieved good results. With a global box office of over $400 million, it ranks second in the world.
Among them, the theme song "I Will Always Love You" sung by Whitney created a miracle in the music industry and became the highest-selling single in history.
Famous all over the world.
It can be said that most people know Whitney today because of this movie and this song.
It was also from this time that Whitney had an additional title on her: Voice of America.
Meaning, she represents the voice of a nation.
But at this moment, Whitney's life fell sharply.
Perhaps she did not think that she would bury the road of life with her own hands.
Only then did Whitney meet Bobby Brown.
Bobby Brown is 6 years younger than Whitney and is also a singer, but not very famous.
This is not the main thing.
Importantly, the others were extremely bad, drunk, brawled, and had 3 illegitimate children.
Such a rotten person, just Whitney.
In those years, Whitney was already a generation of divas, and she was famous all over the world for "The Bodyguard", and her popularity, fame, and status were at its peak.
Everywhere he went, the applause thundered.
Perhaps because she had been sought after for too long, she fell in love with Bobby Brown, who despised her.
Another year of awards ceremony, Whitney effortlessly won 7 nominations and 6 awards.
The staff invited her to rest in the background, ready to go on stage to receive the award at any time.
Due to the number of awards, Whitney stayed in the background all night, quietly observing the situation on the stage.
And that's when Bobby Brown came on, he was a guest performer, and although he wasn't nominated or won any awards, he still sang very high on stage.
He sang a song called "Don't Be So Cruel", sang and sang, suddenly jumped up, took off his shirt again, and then slammed the guitar hard, and played drums while jumping, looking very funny.
Because of his series of funny actions, the atmosphere of the scene reached a climax.
And this pride instantly attracted Whitney's attention.
When Bobby Brown walked backstage after singing, Whitney was not restrained, tapped his head, and laughed: "I said, you're funny." ”
Generally speaking, after being asked so enthusiastically by a superstar song, ordinary people will respond kindly.
But Bobby Brown was an accident, he "uh- and", his eyes full of disdain: "Who let you touch me?!" ”
The tone was cold and frantic.
It was this look that made Whitney suddenly move.
"It made me interested in this man in an instant." Years later, in an exclusive interview, Whitney responded to her relationship with Bobby Brown.
After the ceremony, Whitney saw Bobby leaning against the car. He was wearing sunglasses, half-leaning by the car door, and when he saw Whitney appear, he immediately blew a whistle and was full of anger.
Whitney hadn't reacted yet. Bobby tugged at her again and opened the car door next to Whitney.
Seeing that Whitney still did not respond, Bobby said lazily: "I want to ask you to go out for an appointment, how?" ”
Whitney reacted, "Okay, go ahead." ”
As a result, she became Bobby's "prey."
Through this date, Whitney officially became Bobby's girlfriend.
They began to meet up at bars and casinos, different awards ceremonies.
Go shopping hand in hand in a higher profile.
All kinds of behavior, in Whitney's view, is happiness. But for fans, it's doubt.
They still can't understand why a generation of superstar divas love unknown singers or scandal-ridden bad artists?
Whitney gave the answer: "If I had to describe it, it was passion. ”
She indulged in the passion that Bobby gave her.
Even more desperate, he got married directly.
Not long after falling in love, Bobby suddenly proposed to Whitney.
Whitney readily agreed.
A year later, they intend to officially hold a wedding.
But this time, it was opposed by Whitney's family.
They would not allow their daughter to marry such a person.
Whitney was uncompromising and insisted on marrying.
For a time, the two sides were deadlocked.
When the wedding date approached, the family was forced to agree, or reluctantly agreed.
However, they give a condition for Bobby to sign a prenuptial agreement.
The agreement is a 13-page agreement that deals with property disputes and details the ownership of Whitney's property.
On page 15 of the agreement, allegedly, it reads that if the parties divorce, legally separate or break up, Bobby will not be paid anything.
This was clearly to protect Whitney.
In order to get married, Bobby agreed to this condition.
Then she put on her wedding dress.
That day, Whitney had been laughing.
Standing next to Bobby, she was no longer the Queen of Heaven, but a woman.
A woman who is addicted to love and cannot extricate herself.
However, at that time, some media reported such a detail.
When the two newcomers swore to the priest "loyal to each other and unswerving to the death", Whitney's relatives all looked sad and miserable.
Some even smiled bitterly.
The next day, the press release read: Perhaps the family has read it, and the marriage is not "unswerving to death."
But Whitney couldn't listen.
She just loves Bobby.
Love his disdain, love his rebellion, and love his so-called passion even more.
After marriage, the two became more and more bold, appearing in casinos and bars in a high profile.
Whitney enjoyed such pleasure.
But before long, Bobby's nature was exposed.
He had taken poison and never stopped.
As a result, after getting married, I sucked up like crazy again.
At first, when Whitney saw her husband like this, she was a little distressed and tried to persuade him to quit.
Bobby was reluctant.
He showed his original disdain and did not listen to Whitney's advice at all.
I don't know when Whitney stopped persuading.
Because she herself was infected with drugs.
And this infection, I can never get rid of it again.
Foreign media said that since the end of 1992, Whitney has been frequently taking drugs.
Sometimes in the bar. Sometimes in casinos.
More often, there are drug parties at home.
Bobby's sister, Tina, once sold a set of photos to The Sun pointing to Whitney's drug party at home.
The newspaper published all the photos, and the scene was shocking.
A mess in a place.
A room of wretchedness.
In the bathroom of Whitney's house, it was filled with all kinds of drugs and utensils, which made people panic.
Even more distressing, Tina also told the media that Whitney was in serious physical condition due to frequent drug use, and even urinated and urinated.
But Whitney was reluctant to change.
Or under Bobby's influence, it can't be changed.
Finally, this matter caused a global discussion.
At the 2000 Academy Awards, the organizers invited Whitney to sing.
As a result, she was in a state of flux, ugly, and even the lyrics could not be remembered.
The live music director gave her several chances, but each time, Whitney was out of the ordinary.
For a moment he sang and sang and ran out of tune.
Suddenly the sound broke out in a moment.
Later, she simply stopped singing, inexplicably ran off the stage to kiss her husband, and yelled at the fans on the spot.
This behavior made the media suddenly understand that Whitney was taking drugs again.
But even so, if the contract is to be fulfilled, the activity will continue.
A year later, Michael Jackson held a concert for the 30th anniversary of his career, and Whitney was already scheduled to appear as a guest.
On the same day, she was pushed by the staff and coaxed to the stage.
However, when the camera hit Whitney, the fans were stunned—
What kind of Whitney is this?
Her eyes are sunken, her bones are thin, her hair is messy, her skin is dark and yellow, and she has no "human" appearance at all, like a beggar.
It even looks more terrifying and terrifying than a beggar.
As soon as Whitney took the stage, she immediately caused panic.
In order to cover up the discomfort, the staff deliberately added special effects in front of the screen.
But Whitney didn't seem to realize it, and she continued to walk around with the microphone, laughing wildly for a while and writhing hard the next.
This series of actions, in the past, is personality.
Today, it's terror.
There was a lot of boos on the spot.
Later, when Whitney stepped down, Michael Jackson stood in front of her, silent for a long time, before slowly spitting out a sentence: "Nippy, remember, we are characters, not people." ”
Whitney had tears in her eyes.
Perhaps at that moment, Whitney decided to change.
So next, she really resumed her singing career, releasing "I Am Whitney", "No Shame", and "Someday".
When these songs were released, some people studied that Whitney wanted to borrow these songs to whitewash herself.
Unfortunately she didn't succeed.
These songs did not achieve good results, and their influence was not as great as before.
And to cheer herself up, Whitney really tried.
Seeing that the sales were not good, Whitney put down her body and appeared in major interview programs.
And unabashedly talked about his drug history.
The host took out a picture of her losing weight and asked, "Look at your bones, it's so obvious." ”
Whitney was surprised: "I can't be fat, let's make it clear, Whitney can never be fat." ”
At this time, the host also sighed: "Whitney is no longer able to quit cocaine." ”
Whitney heard this and said indifferently: "Cocaine is too cheap, I make so much money, I can't smoke that broken thing, see." ”
Originally to promote the new album and set off a positive image, it became a negative teaching material by Whitney.
Her interview did not have the desired effect.
At this time, Whitney was decadent.
She no longer cared about the identity of the Queen of Heaven, but together with her husband, began to make trouble.
During that time, as long as the media broke some negative news about Bobby, there must be Whitney's figure.
They gathered to take drugs. Fights and brawls. Even peeing on police cars.
And the scene where Whitney made headlines changed from an award stage of infinite glory to a prison, a courtroom, and an explanation meeting with the media.
She even disregarded her future completely, publicizing her drug abuse experience in public.
I also enjoyed the experience.
Because of drug addiction, Whitney's life was destroyed step by step.
Seeing that her career was about to collapse completely, at this time, her father could not bear it and persuaded Whitney to give up.
Whitney had no control over herself.
Grief-stricken, her father took Whitney to court in a complaint claiming that she was claiming $100 million.
But according to people familiar with the matter, the father did this only for Whitney.
He didn't want Whitney to sink any further.
But Whitney refused to die.
"It hurts me so much, I can't earn another hundred million."
She also announced that she would break off relations with her father.
In the end, the father and daughter confronted each other again and again.
Their lawsuit has been fought for four months.
But even so, Whitney remained unsupportive.
She continued to take drugs, she continued to sink, she continued to become less human, and ghosts were not like ghosts.
Money, foreign debt, reputation, all in a mess.
For a long time, my father was physically and mentally exhausted, and it did not take long for him to fall ill.
During his illness, he kept asking to see Whitney.
But Whitney refused to see each other.
Eventually, my father died in mourning. Whitney's mother said that his last words before his death were left for Whitney: "You told Whitney, I forgive her." ”
Whitney never saw her father for the last time.
After her father's death, Whitney's marital situation worsened.
Bobby began to inflict domestic violence on Whitney, each time getting worse and worse.
Whenever Bobby drank, got drunk, punched and kicked Whitney.
Whitney couldn't take it anymore and took Bobby to court in 2004.
But the situation still did not get better.
At this time, she slowly had a reflection -
Whose fault is it that her husband is addicted to alcohol, who is addicted to domestic violence, whose innocent death of her father, and whose career has completely declined?
Whitney couldn't figure it out.
It wasn't until a year later that Whitney woke up and began to take the initiative to quit drugs, to receive medication, and wanted to stay away from drugs completely.
At this time, the mother walked up to Whitney and kept telling her, "I want my daughter to return to normal." ”
Whitney was heartbroken and cried and asked her mother, "What about my marriage?" ”
The mother sighed, "You have to make your own decisions." ”
It was this sentence that made Whitney decide to divorce.
In April 2007, Whitney decisively ended her marriage to Bobby.
He took custody of his daughter and moved out of the broken home.
2 years later, she returned with "I Look Forward to".
At that time, Whitney, a long white dress, her eyes were tough and persistent, and her body flashed with renewed joy.
Whitney was finally back.
Fans have never forgotten her, and the album was released and once again topped the US record charts.
On the same day, a reporter asked her: Will you be nervous about the comeback event?
Whitney was calm: "You just like to mess around and talk about it, I'm back again, in fact, I've always been here, I just rested for a while." ”
Thunderous applause erupted.
Whitney is back.
Whitney is finally back?
This is a question mark.
Because just when she was ready to start a global performance with a lot of hope, there was a sudden accident.
In December of the same year, Whitney held a concert with a very meaningful name - "Only Love".
She would travel extensively to sing.
But at the beginning of the first concert, Whitney sang and sang, and suddenly sang out of tune, hoarse, high notes can not go up, bass like perfunctory.
Such a performance, in her previous singing career, has never appeared.
Fans were anxious and worried.
But afterwards, Whitney explained: "It was due to the cold weather and the poor ventilation conditions of the performance venue. ”
With that, she canceled her performances in Australia and New Zealand.
The company then announced that she could not sing due to illness.
Later, Whitney disappeared.
No appearances. No more new songs.
Seven years later, it was reported that Whitney would attend the 54th Annual Grammy Awards.
Fans are enthusiastically looking forward to the return of a generation of divas.
Whitney also valued it.
Her personal assistant said that during that time, Whitney would pray every day, constantly.
Because she put all her comeback opportunities at this award ceremony.
However, no one expected that the night before the festival, Whitney died.
Death came suddenly. Be all abroad.
When the police arrived, she was out of breath.
27 hours later, the Los Angeles Public Health Service issued a death certificate saying Whitney was indeed dead.
And the cause of death: to be investigated.
In other words, I don't know exactly why I died.
However, after several days of investigation, the police found that there was a long scar on Whitney's left arm, and on her left calf, there was undried blood.
For a time, it caused a sensation throughout the United States.
There are many opinions.
Some claimed she had been murdered.
Others say she committed suicide.
The gossip tabloid "National Inquirer" even wrote: She is a love killer.
However, just when the rumors were at their peak, the police made a new discovery, and they found a small spoon in the corner of the bathroom.
After examination, the tip of the small spoon was covered with a trace amount of white crystal powder, which was tested by a forensic doctor, which was the ingredient of the drug.
Subsequently, the police also detected tranquilizers, painkillers and other ingredients on the food that Whitney had eaten.
In other words, the cause of Whitney's eventual death was an overdose of drugs that induced arteriosclerosis heart disease.
To put it bluntly, she died of drug use.
After going around for so long, in the end, Whitney was unable to get out of the control of drugs.
On February 18 of the same year, her family arranged her funeral in a church in New Jersey.
That's where Whitney first took the stage.
It was also the beginning of her journey to the pinnacle of her life.
However, now this starting point has become her end.
And she still couldn't get out.
After Whitney's death, her tragedy is not over.
Three years after her death, her only daughter was gone. He is only 22 years old.
His son-in-law, Nick Gordon, died in the Chinese New Year's Eve.
The cause of death was suspected of overdose.
A generation of legendary queens of heaven ended up in such a fate.
It's an indescribable heartache.
I still remember that year, Whitney took to the stage for the first time and was enthusiastically pursued by fans all over the world.
Someone asked her at the time: Whitney, after a few years, what do you most want to be remembered?
She was silent for a few seconds, and then she spoke: "I hope everyone remembers that I am a good person." ”
The tone is firm. Tough eyes. It's like preparing with a lifetime of effort.
But now she has become bad, miserable, miserable.
I just don't know, is Whitney still the good person she was in the first place?
Presumably, only Whitney herself understood.
This article is written by Chi Jinwen
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