Washington -- The Congressional Black Caucus will honor Whitney Houston with a resolution that will be sent to Houston's family in time for the late singer's funeral on Saturday, according to Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.), chairman of the caucus.
The measure won't be the same kind of resolution that would normally go before the House and get voted on, he said. Instead, the document will come directly from the CBC and go directly to Houston's family, signed only by caucus members, at the family's request.
"It will probably look pretty official. Like you can buy downstairs," Cleaver told The Huffington Post, apparently referring to decorative documents sold in the basement of the Capitol complex. "I mean, it's not going to be shabbily sent to the family."
Cleaver said Houston's family asked that the caucus send something for the funeral. A spokeswoman for the caucus said later that...
The measure won't be the same kind of resolution that would normally go before the House and get voted on, he said. Instead, the document will come directly from the CBC and go directly to Houston's family, signed only by caucus members, at the family's request.
"It will probably look pretty official. Like you can buy downstairs," Cleaver told The Huffington Post, apparently referring to decorative documents sold in the basement of the Capitol complex. "I mean, it's not going to be shabbily sent to the family."
Cleaver said Houston's family asked that the caucus send something for the funeral. A spokeswoman for the caucus said later that...
- 2/16/2012
- by Jennifer Bendery
- Huffington Post
Pop-music icon Whitney Houston shockingly and tragically passed away Saturday at the Beverly Hilton hotel, on the eve of the 54th annual Grammy Awards. While fans and artists alike pay tribute to the singer via Twitter and Facebook, E! takes a look back at the ups and downs of the legendary singer's life. Aug. 9, 1963: Whitney Elizabeth Houston is born in Newark, New Jersey to mother Cissy Houston, a noted gospel singer, and Army serviceman and entertainment exec John Russell Houston Jr. 1977: At the tender age of 14 Whitney becomes a backup singer on the Michael Zager Band's single "Life's a Party." Zager offers her a recording contact, but her mother Cissy rejects the offer,...
- 2/12/2012
- E! Online
Whitney Elizabeth Houston was born on August 9, 1963 in Newark, New Jersey, the youngest child of John Russell Houston, Jr and gospel singer Cissy Houston. She followed her mother, along with aunts Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick and godmother Aretha Franklin, into performing in a gospel choir at the age of 11, where she also learned how to play the piano. After performing alongside Cissy in nightclubs as a teenager, Houston cut her recording teeth as a back-up singer on the Michael Zager Band's single 'Life's a Party', then sang backing vocals on Chaka Khan's 1978 hit 'I'm Every Woman'. Her budding singing career was put on pause as Houston was scouted to become a model, after a photographer saw her singing with her mother at New York's Carnegie Hall, and she became one of the first women of colour to appear on the cover of Seventeen (more)...
- 2/12/2012
- by By Amy Bell
- Digital Spy
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