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#6 Whitney Houston
From Yahoo: Like Michael Jackson and Amy Winehouse before her, the unexpected death of superstar Whitney Houston on Feb. 11 galvanized an online rush. The singer-actress, who had a well-chronicled drug addiction, had been missing in action for some time.
Yet with news of her death came reports that a long-promised comeback had been under way, making her fatal accident all the more heartbreaking.
Death came 24 hours before her return performance at a pre-Grammy gala. The awards ceremony paid tribute to Houston the next day; at the time, her room at the Beverly Hilton was still considered a crime scene.
Credit: AP Photo/Matt Sayles
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