On Saturday, February 11, 2012, Whitney Houston was found dead in a hotel room in Beverly Hills. A publicist for the multi-Grammy-award-winning singer reported that Whitney Houston had been found by her bodyguard and though resuscitation was attempted, the efforts were futile.
The news of Whitney Houston's death at the young age of 48, comes as a shock to music fans everywhere. Whitney Houston will forever be known for her powerhouse voice on songs such as Saving All My Love For You, The Greatest Love of All, One Moment In Time and the classic ballad, I Will Always Love You, which was written by country music legend, Dolly Parton.
Though Whitney Houston was primarily considered a pop or R&B singer, her beautiful voice inspired artists across all genres of music. At the news of her death, country music artists were among those who took to Facebook and Twitter to express their sympathy and memories of Whitney Houston.
Some of the sentiments expressed on Saturday were as follows:
Sara Evans - What a tragedy losing Whitney Houston. One of my all time idols. So very sad for her family. I will be praying for them. :(
Lee Brice - RIP Whitney... What a vocalist!
Reba McEntire - Rest in peace, Whitney.
Wynonna - Reacting to the death of Whitney Houston: "When she sang, her whole face lit up."
Danny Gokey - Whoa!!! just found out Whitney Houston died!!!!! Such sad news
Chris Young - RIP Whitney Houston. Truly one of the best vocalists of all time/all genres. #sadday
Lady Antebellum - We are so heartbroken to hear of the loss of Whitney Houston. One of the best voices EVER! Praying God's comfort for her family. ~hill
Love and Theft - Rest In Peace to the incredibly talented Whitney Houston - you will be missed
Edens Edge - Rest in peace sweet, beautiful Whitney Houston.. CG.
Gwen Sebastian, current country music contestant on The Voice - The ultimate voice, Whitney Houston is gone. I am heartbroken. God bless her family
Scotty McCreery - @ScottyMcCreery - R.I.P. Whitney Houston
Grand Ole Opry - @opry - Prayers for the family and friends of Whitney Houston. She will be missed.
Josh Thompson - @TheJoshThompson - R.I.P Whitney Houston, I will always love you! Too soon?
Rascal Flatts' Jay DeMarcus - @JayDeMarcus - Whitney Houston has died!!! Oh my goodness, what a loss.... Sad.
The Band Perry - @thebandperry - RIP Whitney Houston. #heartache
LeAnn Rimes, seemed especially touched with sadness at the new of Whitney Houston's death, having tweeted repeatedly:
LeAnn Rimes Cibrian - @leannrimes - Seems like we are losing the great ones all to soon. RIP Whitney, how horribly sad.
LeAnn Rimes Cibrian - @leannrimes - Whitney Houston was the first cd I ever bought. She had a God given gift. Hopefully, she's singing with angels now.
LeAnn Rimes Cibrian - @leannrimes - I can't stop crying. I have a show to do soon. Wow, I learned how to do what I do because of 3 great women, one being Whitney. She was always so kind to me. This is not gonna be an easy show for sure. I'm doing what she taught me to do by listening to her records over & over as a little girl. Her death is very surreal.
Dolly Parton, who had a more direct connection to Whitney Houston having written the award winning I Will Always Love You, also posted a statement to her web page. Interested fans can read what Dolly Parton had to say in the article, "I Will Always Love You songwriter Dolly Parton reacts to Whitney Houston death."
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