THA INDUSTRY CHAT ROOM

Thursday, February 16, 2012

WHITNEY WILL HAVE A SEND OFF TO REMEMBER

GODMOTHER OF SOUL: Aretha Franklin will headline the royal sendoff for her goddaughter, Whitney Houston, the N.Y. Daily News reports. Among the other celebrity guests expected at the funeral: Clive Davis, L.A. Reid, Houston’s off-and-on boyfriend Ray J and his sister Brandy, Valerie Simpson, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Chaka Khan, sources told the paper. The service is to be broadcast on TV and duo on the Internet. Houston’s family is also considering adding a musical tribute by gospel greats BeBe & CeCe Winans, younger siblings of the Rev. Marvin Winans, who is delivering Houston’s eulogy. It remained unclear whether Bobby Brown, would attend to support the couple’s fragile 18-year-old daughter Bobbi Kristina. Visitors to Houston’s mom Cissy said they expect he will.

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