The world lost a beautiful voice on February 11th. Here are some facts about Whitney Houston that you may not have known.
Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was born to John and Cissy Houston, who was a very talented soul and gospel singer. Whitney followed in her mother's footsteps as a singer. Over the course of her career, she sang gospel, pop, soul, rhythm & blues, and dance. She was also a successful model, actress, and film producer. Among her awards are six Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, and two Emmy Awards. She won 22 American Music Awards, too.
Like the Clooney family (Nick, Rosemary, and George Clooney including the Ferrer branch of the family: José, Miguel, and Rafael), Whitney's family were very talented. Her cousins were the Warwick family (Dionne and Dee Dee) and her godmother was the extraordinary soul singer Aretha Franklin.
Whitney appeared in five films for theater or television.
The Bodyguard (1992)
Waiting to Exhale (1995)
The Preacher's Wife (1996)
Cinderella 1997
Sparkle is her newest movie and is to be released in 2012.
When she was in her late teens, she modeled for illustrious magazines like Seventeen, Glamour, Cosmopolitan. Her exotic looks fascinated viewers, adding to her success as a model.
On January 27, 1991, Whitney sang "The Star Spangled Banner" at Super Bowl XXV and many consider it to be the best rendition of all of the Super Bowl performances. She was a mezzo-soprano, meaning that she was a middle soprano. She added a strength and emotion to her songs, probably a result of having started as a gospel singer and soloist.
In a single week, her soundtrack album of The Bodyguard (1992) sold one million copies. The album continues to be a good seller and contains the hit I Will Always Love You, written by Dolly Parton.
In 1992, Whitney married Bobby Brown. It was a stormy union and the couple had an on-again-off-again relationship. They had one daughter: Bobbi Kristina. Whitney filed for divorce late in 2006.
After acting in The Bodyguard, Whitney began producing and co-producing movies. These included:
The Princess Diaries 2001
The Cheetah Girls 2003
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement 2004
The Cheetah Girls 2: When in Spain 2006
Some of her popular songs are:
Saving All My Love For You
Greatest Love Of All
One Moment In Time
I Have Nothing
Run To You
You Give Good Love
All At Once
For this puzzle, the bolded, italicized words ("Elizabeth") are the word search words. Go through the article and find the words that are in the puzzle, then seek them out in the grid!
(Note: only the bolded, italicized words in the song titles are in the word search game. For example, Saving is the only word in Saving All My Love for You.)Happy Puzzling!
Terrie
(Note: I gathered this info from several sites, including the official Whitney Houston site at http://www.whitneyhouston.com/us/home ; wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitney_Houston ; and the VH1 site http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/houston_whitney/artist.jhtml .)
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