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She was also the first female to have debuted with a #1 on the Billboard Charts.<\/p>\n<p>Follow <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/shockya\">@Shockya<\/a> for the latest breaking celebrity news.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"440\" height=\"328\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/14ivtcelIo0?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/whitney_houston_rip.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/whitney_houston_rip.jpg\" alt=\"Whitney Houston\" title=\"Whitney Houston\" width=\"440\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-85140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/whitney_houston_rip.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/whitney_houston_rip-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TMZ is reporting that singer\/songwriter Whitney Houston has died today at the age of 48. 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