Whitney Houston

daviesee
daviesee Posts: 6,386
edited February 2012 in Commuting chat
R.I.P.

Anyone surprised?
None of the above should be taken seriously, and certainly not personally.

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  • clarkey cat
    clarkey cat Posts: 3,641
    genuinely surprised.... never had you down as a fan.
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  • daviesee
    daviesee Posts: 6,386
    Liked her debut album but lost interest as it seemed too manufactured after that.
    I didn't know what her private personality was like but from the outside Bobby Brown dragged her into an ever decreasing spiral.
    I am not surprised. Slightly more so than Amy Winehouse though.
    None of the above should be taken seriously, and certainly not personally.
  • FransJacques
    FransJacques Posts: 2,148
    Will never understand what drove Jackson, Houston, Cobain, etc. to do what they did - not kill themselves - but to so badly want to numb the pain in their lives with drungs or alcohol. What they did to themselves in life.

    I hope it would be easier for her family if there was some kind of genetic defect that showed itself like an aneurysm rather than "it was a cocktail of hard drungs and booze" that killed her. I also hope it comes out that we was happy in the months before her death and the Beverly Hills Hilton event wasn't brought about by some new, devastating news which took her to greater depths.

    In other words, I hope she wasn't feeling any pain.
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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,771
    I'm surprised, she doesn't often get mentioned on this forum. Can't say I'm a fan though. Sad news for those close to her.
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  • SimonAH
    SimonAH Posts: 3,730
    And my younger brother Anton. What a fcuknig great day.
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Sh1t. Sorry to hear that, Si.
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  • sturmey
    sturmey Posts: 964
    Shame ,as her new film's out next week as well.
    It's called 'The Bodybag'.
  • SimonAH
    SimonAH Posts: 3,730
    cjcp wrote:
    Sh1t. Sorry to hear that, Si.

    Thanks dude. Everyone stay safe tonight.
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  • Initialised
    Initialised Posts: 3,047
    sturmey wrote:
    Shame ,as her new film's out next week as well.
    It's called 'The Bodybag'.
    +1
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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,771
    SimonAH wrote:
    And my younger brother Anton. What a fcuknig great day.

    Blimey, that's no good. Not much I can say other than you have my sympathy, condolences and all that.
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    SimonAH wrote:
    cjcp wrote:
    Sh1t. Sorry to hear that, Si.

    Thanks dude. Everyone stay safe tonight.

    Shit take it easy fella, my thoughts are with you and your family.
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  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    Veronese68 wrote:
    SimonAH wrote:
    And my younger brother Anton. What a fcuknig great day.

    Blimey, that's no good. Not much I can say other than you have my sympathy, condolences and all that.

    +1
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  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    Veronese68 wrote:
    SimonAH wrote:
    And my younger brother Anton. What a fcuknig great day.

    Blimey, that's no good. Not much I can say other than you have my sympathy, condolences and all that.

    +2
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  • Wallace1492
    Wallace1492 Posts: 3,707
    Veronese68 wrote:
    SimonAH wrote:
    And my younger brother Anton. What a fcuknig great day.

    Blimey, that's no good. Not much I can say other than you have my sympathy, condolences and all that.

    Deepest sympathy, terrible news.
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  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    Veronese68 wrote:
    SimonAH wrote:
    And my younger brother Anton. What a fcuknig great day.

    Blimey, that's no good. Not much I can say other than you have my sympathy, condolences and all that.

    +3 Nothing much more I can add.
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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    meanredspider wrote:
    Veronese68 wrote:
    SimonAH wrote:
    And my younger brother Anton. What a fcuknig great day.

    Blimey, that's no good. Not much I can say other than you have my sympathy, condolences and all that.

    +3 Nothing much more I can add.
    I am really sorry to hear that.
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  • gabriel959
    gabriel959 Posts: 4,227
    SimonAH wrote:
    cjcp wrote:
    Sh1t. Sorry to hear that, Si.

    Thanks dude. Everyone stay safe tonight.

    Terrible news :(
    Really sorry to hear that.

    what happened? :cry:
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  • welkman
    welkman Posts: 396
    That is awful news, very sorry to hear it.
  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    Very sad, sorry to hear that.

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  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    The forumites wrote:
    Condolences, thoughts with yourself and family and general "oh feck that is just cr4p news"

    +1 :(
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  • SimonAH
    SimonAH Posts: 3,730
    Thankyou to all of you, including some very touching PMs.

    Anton was just 31 and a lovely man, unfortunately he was dealt a very rough hand at birth and spent a great deal of time in Great Ormond St as a youngster. He died suddenly and peacefully from a heart attack without discernable pain - he was at home in Hertfordshire, sitting on the sofa watching the television, his eyelids fluttered and he was gone.

    Love and peace to all.

    Please can we let this thread and subject go now too, again very many thanks for your touching words.
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