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February 2012

Entertainment & Culture

/ Celebrities

Farewell, Whitney Houston

The people of Newark, NJ loved their native daughter

Farewell, Whitney Houston

The hearse carrying the body of Whitney Houston leaves Whigham Funeral Home in Newark, N.J. for a short ride to the New Hope Baptist Church for her funeral Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)

The hearse carrying the body of Whitney Houston leaves Whigham Funeral Home in Newark, N.J. for a short ride to the New Hope Baptist Church for her funeral Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, center, leaves Whigham Funeral Home after visiting with the family of Whitney Houston before going to the New Hope Baptist Church for her funeral in Newark, N.J. on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)

Whitney Houston fans wave to a passing car as they gather a few blocks from the New Hope Baptist Church before the singer's funeral in Newark, N.J., Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

Kazarah Campbell, 4, of Newark, N.J., holds a sign as she and other Whitney Houston fans gather a few blocks from the New Hope Baptist Church before the singer's funeral in Newark, N.J., Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

Singer Bobby Brown, left, stands outside the New Hope Baptist Church during funeral services for singer Whitney Houston in Newark, N.J., Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Singer Bobby Brown, left, is seen outside during the funeral of his ex-wife Whitney Houston at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, N.J., Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Two women pause near a memorial display before funeral services for singer Whitney Houston at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, N.J., Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Renee Taylor, of Baltimore, Md., stands with a sign a few blocks from the New Hope Baptist Church before the funeral of Whitney Houston in Newark, N.J., Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

A coffin holding the remains of singer Whitney Houston is carried into the New Hope Baptist Church before funeral services for the singer in Newark, N.J., Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

The hearse carrying the body of Whitney Houston leaves Whigham Funeral Home in Newark, N.J. for a short ride to the New Hope Baptist Church for her funeral Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)

The hearse carrying the body of Whitney Houston leaves Whigham Funeral Home in Newark, N.J. for a short ride to the New Hope Baptist Church for her funeral Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, center, leaves Whigham Funeral Home after visiting with the family of Whitney Houston before going to the New Hope Baptist Church for her funeral in Newark, N.J. on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)

Whitney Houston fans wave to a passing car as they gather a few blocks from the New Hope Baptist Church before the singer's funeral in Newark, N.J., Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

Kazarah Campbell, 4, of Newark, N.J., holds a sign as she and other Whitney Houston fans gather a few blocks from the New Hope Baptist Church before the singer's funeral in Newark, N.J., Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

Singer Bobby Brown, left, stands outside the New Hope Baptist Church during funeral services for singer Whitney Houston in Newark, N.J., Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Singer Bobby Brown, left, is seen outside during the funeral of his ex-wife Whitney Houston at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, N.J., Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Two women pause near a memorial display before funeral services for singer Whitney Houston at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, N.J., Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Renee Taylor, of Baltimore, Md., stands with a sign a few blocks from the New Hope Baptist Church before the funeral of Whitney Houston in Newark, N.J., Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

A coffin holding the remains of singer Whitney Houston is carried into the New Hope Baptist Church before funeral services for the singer in Newark, N.J., Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

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