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Born in Newark, New Jersey, to notable gospel singer Cissy Houston
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Whitney Houston offered a contract at the age of 14. Her mother declines, insisting Whitney's studies are the priority.
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Whitney sings the background vocals for the Chaka Khan hit 'I'm Every Woman'.
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Whitney appears on the covers of Vogue magazine, amongst others.
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Houton lands her first recording contract with Arista records after a performance with her mother at a New York nightclub.
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Whitney releases her self-titled debut.
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Whitney's debut reaches number 1 in the US Album Charts.
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Houston's second album - Whitney - is released
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Houston wins her second Grammy for the Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for hit single 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody'.
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'I'm Your Baby Tonight' released
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Whitney Houston marries R&B artist Bobby Brown. After dating for three years.
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Houston appeared in Box Office hit The Bodyguard and also recorded six songs for the soundtrack album, including one of her biggest hits, 'I Will Always Love You'.
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Houston gives birth to daughter Bobbi Kristina Houston Brown, her only child, Bobby Brown's fourth.
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Whtney embarks on her most extensive worldwide tour to date, following the success of 'The Bodyguard'.
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Houston releases her fourth studio effort, the first in eight years,
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Houston and Brown are both found with marijuana in their luggage at Hawaii airport.
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Houston fails to turn up to perform, as mentor Clive Davis is inducted.
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Whitney releases the first studio album since signing her new $100m Arista contract in 2001. 'Just Whitney' recieves mixed reviews.
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In an interview with Diane Sawyer, Houston reputes claims she is using Crack Cocaine. 'First of all, let’s get one thing straight. Crack is cheap. I make too much for me to ever smoke crack. I don’t do crack. I don’t do that. Crack is wack' Houston admits to using other substances at times, including cocaine.
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Her marriage to R&B singer Bobby Brown is doomed as Whitney files for divorce.
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Houston gave her first interview in seven years in September 2009. Whitney admitted on the show to using drugs with former husband Bobby Brown, who "laced marijuana with rock cocaine".By 1996, she told Oprah, that doing drug 'was an everyday thing.'
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On February 11, 2012, Whitney Houston died. She was found submerged in her bathtub in a Beverly Hilton Hotel room in Beverly Hills, California.