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I can tell you that I am not self-destructive. I'm not a person who wants to die. I'm a person who has life, who wants to live. And I always have. And I wouldn't mistake it for anything else other than that.
Whitney Houston
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Whitney Houston
Age: 48 †
Born: 1963
Born: August 9
Died: 2012
Died: February 11
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