One of the greatest voices of all time, Whitney Houston was born into a musical family, from her beginnings singing in the church choir, to helping her mom Cissy with backup tracks, being discovered by Clive Davis, in this episode we’ll be exploring the life and career of Whitney Houston, as well as her relationships with fame, the media, and her husband Bobby Brown. Finally, we’ll get into the years leading up to Whitney’s untimely death, and the eerie similarities when her only child, daughter Bobbi Kristina, passes away just a few years later.

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