- New Hope Baptist Church, New Jersey
Whitney’s millions of fans won’t be present at the her funeral ceremony at the New Hope Baptist Church in New Jersey on Sunday, February 19, 2012. But many will still be able to share in her ‘homecoming’ service by watching through the internet.
The news was made known by Houston’s publicist, Kristen Foster who says The Associated Press will be allowed a camera at Saturday’s funeral in Newark. The AP will stream the service on http://livestream.com/aplive. The event also will be available to broadcasters via satellite.
Her body arrived Teterboro airport on Monday, Febuary 13, 2012. A number of fans gathered outside the airport as her body was later conveyed in a gold hearse to the Whigham funeral home in Newark shortly before midnight.
Fans are gathering, placing flowers outside the Newark, N.J., church where the invite-only funeral will be held.
In related news, reports say Houston will be buried next to her father John Russell Houston Jr. who was buried there nine years ago.
Houston, 48, died in a Beverly Hills hotel room Saturday, February 11, 2012 on the eve of the Grammy Awards.
Houston's Dad final resting plac
WHITNEY'S EX-HUSBAND BOBBY BROWN BANNED FROM WHITNEY HOUSTON’S FUNERAL
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| Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown; when the relationship was sweet |
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| Devastated Bobby Brown pictured with daughter |
Whitney Houston's ex-husband has been told he is 'not welcome' at her funeral by several members of the singer's family. The close family member warned him not to even try to attend as the Houston clan is 'not fond of him'.
During Houston and Bobby's 14-year marriage they repeatedly came to blows in private and public, with her husband being rumored to have introduced her to illegal drugs.
He also published an autobiography where he hinted at doubts over his wife's sexuality, but in the days after her death, he has been pictured devastated by Whitney's death.
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