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Whitney Houston's 18 year old daughter Bobbi Kristina was rushed to Cedears-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles.

Bobbi was denied access to Whitney Houston's room yesterday after news broke of her death, and her daughter was reportedly “hysterical”. According to TMZ, she got into an angry screaming match with Police
There are still so many questions surrounding Whitney Houston’s shocking death, but new details seem to emerge every few hours.

Here is what we know so far: Whitney was found dead in the bathtub of her hotel room at the Beverly Hilton and pronounced dead at 3:55pm on Saturday.

According to TMZ, her stylist, hairdresser and two bodyguards were among the people in the room at the time
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UPDATE 9:40PM - Clive Davis arrives at the Beverly Hilton.

The crime scene investigation surrounding Whitney Houston's death is still going on, on the fourth floor and Whitney's body is still present. She was reportedly found in the bathtub and prescription drugs were present.

Whitney was reportedly getting ready for Clive’s party in her hotel room at the Beverly Hilton when her body was discovered. Sources at the hotel say she was partying heavily last night with a group of friends. “Whitney and her friends were in the bar for a time and the group was drinking and very loud,” reports TMZ.
Whitney Houston tragically lost her life on February 11, 2012. Her rep confirmed that she had passed away, but no other details surrounding her death have been released. Was she home? Was she sick? Was it drug related?

Whitney Houston started her career in the 80’s and throughout that decade and most of the 90’s she was considered a “good girl” with a fantastic voice. But around the late 90’s her behavior started to change. She started to show up late to interviews, photo shoots and rehearsals. This wasn’t the Whitney her camp knew. It was a different Whitney.
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UPDATE 9:38PM - TMZ is reporting that Whitney Houston was found dead in the bathtub of her hotel room.

Singing legend Whitney Houston tragically passed away today at the age of 48. Her on-again off-again beau Ray J found her body.

Whitney's rep confirmed to the Associated Press that she passed away on Saturday afternoon, but wouldn't give further details as to what caused her death. We know that she passed away at the Beverly Hilton hotel. Paramedics performed CPR but it did not work and she was pronounced dead at 3:55 PM. A police crime lab vehicle was seen outside the hotel just moments ago, according to TMZ. Hollyscoop sources say she was in her room getting ready for the Clive Davis party.
After Leslie Carter passed away after a prescription drug overdose last week, her funeral was held over the weekend. One family member who didn’t attend? Leslie's brother, Nick Carter.

Nick, who was performing at a concert while the ceremony was taking place, told TMZ his family made it impossible for him to be at the funeral.

“I wanted to be at my sister’s funeral,” the singer said. “But my family has always had a complicated dynamic.”
More details are emerging about the tragic suicide of Soul Train creator Don Cornelius.

Shemar Moore, a former host of Soul Train, is now revealing that Cornelius, his mentor, might have been suffering from dementia.

“I don’t know what his health was like,” Moore told ET Online. “I had heard rumors that it was early [onset] dementia, Alzheimer’s, things like that…I’d heard that he was sick.”
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The legendary creator of Soul Train, Don Cornelius, has passed away. Cornelius was found dead Wednesday morning in his home in Sherman Oaks, California.

Tragically, although Cornelius was 75, it appears that his death was a suicide.

He "died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head," L.A. Coroner Assistant Chief Ed Winter tells PEOPLE. "Earlier this morning, paramedics had responded to his L.A. residence at the 12,600 block of Mulholland Drive.
Leslie Carter, the 25 year old sister of pop stars Nick and Aaron Carter, passed away on Tuesday in Upstate New York.

“Our family is grieving right now and it’s a private matter,” the family told Access Hollywood in a statement Tuesday. "We are deeply saddened for the loss of our beloved sister, daughter, and granddaughter, Leslie Carter."

The family continued: “We request the utmost privacy during this difficult time.”
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Beautiful blues singer Etta James has passed away after a long battle with leukemia. The ‘At Last’ singer was 73.

Lupe De Leon, James’ longtime friend and manager, confirmed the news to CNN:

“This is a tremendous loss for the family, her friends and fans around the world," De Leon said.

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