Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music’s queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to Bobby Brown, has died, according to her publicist.
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Singer Whitney Houston, a pop superstar who battled drug abuse, died at 48.
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Whitney Houston, left, and Jermaine Jackson sang during this rehearsal for a soap opera "As the World Turns" on July 25, 1984.
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From the middle 1980s to the late 1990s, Houston was one of the world's best-selling artists, wowing audiences with her powerful voice.
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She influenced a generation of younger singers such as Mariah Carey, seen at left at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 10, 1998.
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In 1992, she married former New Edition member and Roxbury native Bobby Brown.
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The union was portrayed as odd; she was seen as pop’s pure princess while he had a bad-boy image.
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Houston, here with music producer Clive Davis in 2006, had one of her biggest hits with "I Will Always Love You," from the 1992 movie "The Bodyguard," in which she starred.
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Despite her fame and success, Houston struggled with drug abuse. In a 2010 interview, she blamed her rocky marriage to Brown. They divorced in 2007.
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops called President Obama’s revised policy on a birth control mandate “unacceptable.”
bruins 4, Predators 3
Tyler Seguin and Patrice Bergeron scored shootout goals to lift the Bruins over the Nashville Predators today.
Mitt Romney’s campaign rebounded from Tuesday’s losses in three states with tonight’s victory in Maine’s Republican caucuses.
Ron Paul noted the narrow margin of victory for Mitt Romney in today’s Republican caucuses and pledged to remain in the race.
A sampling of stories from this Sunday's Globe.
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The actor stars and makes his directorial debut in the big-screen contemporary adaptation of the Shakespeare play.
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Vasaloppet China is the 10-year-old cousin of a historic Swedish ski race.
“If these elders don’t get the proper nutrition, their health is going to suffer, and their medical care is going to cost much more than these meals.”
Deborah Banda, AARP Massachusetts state director, on cuts to the Elderly Nutrition Program
Globe Talks | Feb. 15, 6 p.m.
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Talk movies with Ty and WesleyJoin the Boston Globe’s movie critics, Ty Burr and Wesley Morris, for a conversation about this year’s Academy Awards.
The storm missed the mainland, resulting in lowered snow totals. Southeast Massachusetts got the most precipitation in the state, with 1 to 2 inches.
Prime Minister Lucas Papademos today defended the thousands of job cuts and other austerity measures needed for the country to qualify for a massive bailout.
This was the first killing of a high-ranking military officer in the Syrian capital since the uprising began in March, the state run news agency said.
While Romney repeated his opposition to abortion and gay marriage, Rick Santorum took veiled digs at Romney’s conservative credentials.
Despite a difficult season mentally and physically, running back Kevin Faulk isn’t quite ready to call it quits.
The dances may leapfrog decades, moving from 1909 to 1972 to 2001, but they are contemporaries under the skin.
“When you hire someone, you make nine enemies and one ingrate.’’
John Moffitt, chief secretary for former Mass. governor William Weld
“For American enthusiasts of the Kagame regime, the Ingabire case points to a dilemma: Rwanda’s remarkable reconciliation and success have gone hand in hand with severely curtailed freedom of speech.”
Peter Canellos, on free expression in Rwanda
