10 Reasons We Miss Whitney Houston
It's been a year since "The Voice" went silent.
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10 Reasons We Miss Whitney Houston - Hard to believe, but it’s been a year since Whitney Houston died. On Feb. 11, 2012, the world lost a living legend. It seems like just yesterday we were mourning her death, and we still miss her, and her undeniable voice, more than ever. Here, we count down 10 reasons, we, and the world, will always miss Ms. Houston. (Photo: RCA)
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Her Songs - No offense to the divas who came after her — Celine, Mariah — but Whitney had the best material to work with. "I Will Always Love You," "The Greatest Love of All," "Saving All My Love" and so on — they aren't just great Whitney performances, they're great songs in themselves, and even if she didn't write them, she knew exactly how to bring them to life. (Photo: Jan Persson/Redferns/Getty Images)
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Her Struggles - Her battles with substance abuse eventually claimed her life, but they're all too familiar for some of us and our loved ones. Watching Whitney's heartbreaking struggles with her demons was touching and inspiring in its own way, even if the end result was so tragic. (Photo: RHS/WENN.com)
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Her Beauty - Whitney broke through big as a model before she did so as a singer, appearing on the cover of Seventeen. Part of what made her such an immediate sensation was that a powerful voice like that could come out of such a classic beauty. And who could forget that smile? (Photo: Ebet Roberts/Redferns/Getty Images)
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Her Story - Whitney’s rise from a middle-class home in Newark to the pinnacle of pop super-stardom is an inspiring tale of talent and hard work trumping long odds. (Photo: Dave Benett/Getty Images)
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