There was at one time a person with a ( http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/02/whitney_houstons_childhood_fri.html ), tremendous, gift, a talent and a dream, at a very early age. Some one saw the rising star that was from the recording business, and made quick to sign her to a world record contract, and the rest is histroy.
But the recording business which as well has it's share of predator's, and psychopath's that feed of other people's talent, to the point of exploitation for gain at any price.
When a person with this much talent, generates the kind of money, public acclaim, (given amount of record's she solid and the public reaction) there is always going to be an attraction of a seedy type of behavior. This is unfortunately is the possible by product of this kind of success, inherently it also draws to it an entourage of gold diggers, drug peddlers, predatory, and psychopathic element's, that speak in fork toques for the smell fast money.
This crowd also draws the side show of haberdashery of stimulants which the under world and subculture, of the record industry, from the black market as well as your friendly pharmaceutical an alternative. A by product that has always been associated with the music, and movie industry.
One has to be very cautious to balance the fame and fortune, and whom they let in there inter circle of friends and family alike. Know doubt the intentions of people related to both business and personal life, surely took its toll.
Her talent, and personal life began to really take a turn for the worst when she hooked up with psychotic and bipolar behavior of Bobby Brown, (a man sufferring from his own metal issues and addictions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Brown#Personal_life). So the old saying, carfull the company you keep.
Her health, and career degenerate as witnessed with fans, and critic's, close family friend's and industry members a like. I believe this was at one time was a good person, and i also think that when she fell into all this fame, fortune, and all that comes with it, that subconsciously she knew it went against her values she was taught, so comes the drug activity as means to cope with that realization of choice, freewill, came fame, enslavement to record industry in which with negative effects of the stimulants produces a gate way of losing touch with reality, of ones feeling's.
This is not attempt to garner pity as the C's have pointed out, pity those whom pity. But is her passing represents, perhaps what one might think to evaluate there choice of the responsibility of freewill, and what the commitment is that comes with making that rather wrong, or right choice, and ignoring the maintenance that must be part of the choice that one makes to maintain it's integrity, for success as to failure of that free will.
I don't believe there is any bashing going on here, but the Whitney jokes soon appeared on the net, which always some what distastefully, no matter whom it is or what it represents. SAO's, observation's of the whole parade of activity does represent a distraction on globale scale. But to whom is to really be blamed for the condition's of world hunger, famine, and poverty, the avalanche of drug flowing across the border's that is being witnessed with a incredible climb through the statics, and body counts. An increase over the last 10 year's now numbering in the billions. A slave market, for cheap labor, and profit's for the money, for power hungry coperations, politicians, that again appear to be all by design for profit. But are we all not guilty of not having done something long ago, as to now, as it only has become issue as it now strikes closer to home, and as it begins escalating at everyones heals, from a toll be taken from nuclear, GMO, contamination, economic genocide against family farmer's across planet as means by possible covert actions of the pharmaceutical's and politician's to keep there pocket's lined filthy lukra, and controls peoples body's and mind in state of decay. Making masse's easily more controlable.
We as civilization now appear, headed on the brink of a globally catastrophe on so many level's. So this passing of a star that has fallen, and is now extinguished, is representative of humanity as whole, to grasp the big picture of soon to be seen future event's, of the destruction of humanity. Thanks to the psychotic elite, a sedated world population, and the media horrors of deception, told what say, and lie for the illusion of the green back, for main stream TV, the no information new's outlet's now answering to the orders corpaerate cabala of evil.
One thing i will keep in mind is that this women, was at one time some one's beloved daughter, some ones friend, sister, aunt, cousin, a mother ( perhaps the world would say not a very good role model given her condition). And at one time a human being, whom had dreams, and aspiration's, but lost her way, her gift, and over period of time scumming to the illusion of being in control. Gone like some many fallen stars before her, a casualty of the movie, and record industry. Some made the right choice's, others were not so fortunate.
"Knowledge protects, ignorance endangers"
Shooting Star
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kEDa6bXnA8
Just a thought.
I would probably listen to Lady Gaga if she still sang like that... 
