The late singer and actress Whitney Houston will be laid to rest this Saturday. Houston who died last Saturday the llth of February will be buried in Fair View Cemetery in Westfield, New Jersey where her father, John Russell Houston Jr, was burred in 2003.Houstons family who have arranged the funeral have agreed to allow her funeral to be broadcast live online this weekend. Footage of the funeral will be made available later to media outlets via the Associated Press. The deceased 48-year-old's funeral will be aired using a single video camera placed inside the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey to record it.
Houston was found underwater and unconscious last Saturday night in a bath at the Beverly Hilton hotel she was staying at in Los Angeles. She later died. Officials are still investigating her death and have issued a subpoena for her medical records after they found prescription drugs in the room she was staying in. The medication found has not yet been identified to the press nor have the doctors and pharmacies who supplied it to Ms Houston.
The funeral for Whitney begins at 12:00 EST (17:00 GMT) and will last roughly 90 minutes. The gospel singer and pastor, Marvin Winans, who married Whitney and Bobby Brown in 1992, has been asked to give an eulogy.
Since her death the sales and downloads of Houston's music and films have soared.
All inquiries into Houstons death, according to Ed Winter the Los Angeles assistant chief coroner, are routine in most death investigations.
Article by Michelle
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