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Movie review: Those who worked with the talented performer shed light on 'Whitney'

The life and too-early death of singer Whitney Houston was a train wreck that lots of people say they saw coming but that no one was able to stop.

Dead at age 48 in her Beverly Hilton hotel room, Houston was as celebrated as she was gifted, and as clips from the documentary "Whitney: Can I Be Me?" demonstrate, her musical abilities were extraordinary. As more than one person says, her voice sounded like it came directly from God.

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