So she died...

So Whitney Huston died.

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Listen, I understand death is hard for the surviving family.  And I get that she contributed a lot to the  musical world.  I also understand that it's difficult to lose anyone, no matter what the circumstance.

But who gives a flying fuck?

Seriously, this is not as big an issue as people seem to think it is.  Let me give you an example.
Michael Jackson.
He was possibly the single biggest contributor to the world of pop music.  He was an excellent artist, but made some questionable choices in his personal life.  Whether or not they were ever proven, or even TRUE, matter very little.  The fact is the bad press stuck.  And despite that, people STILL held a 48 hour vigil for him, and his death was publicized for almost a month until the press decided to blather about something else.

I'd be willing to wager that most people would be willing to say that Whitney, although a big contributor to music, was not as influential as M.J. In addition to that, she had a HUGE documented cocaine addiction.
To that end I say, sucks, huh?

Look, everybody in this day and age knows the dangers of drugs, even those as common as caffeine and nicotine.  She chose this path and continued it.

An even bigger issue is this.  Look how many people have died.  in the history of the world.  How many of us even remember more than 20 off the top of our heads?  Even in your own family.  I'd be willing to wager that most people without significant research could even name their great-great grandparents.  And that's only 4 generations back, or roughly 120 years ago (if each generation reproduces every 30 years.  Which is generous.)  Fact is, even your own ancestors who's DNA you carry in your veins matter so little in the grand scheme of things that you don't remember them even 100 years later.  Bet you cant name more than 4 Pharaohs of Egypt without a textbook.  And they helped shape civilization.

So Whitney Huston, (along with all of these football stars and baseball players and actors etc.), who did jack squat as far as the history of the world is concerned, is nothing, and no more worthy of our tears that the guy that lives 3 towns over who just died. Mourn your family, and your close friends.
Pop stars have their own families to mourn them.  And if  you care that much about someone you've never even met, then you need to do some serious soul-searching.