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Wednesday, April 12, 2006 12:00 AM

Didn't she almost have it all?

Once a megastar, Whitney Houston is now a tabloid "crackhead." But when I looked for someone to blame, I kept finding the diva herself.
By Rebecca Traister

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  • Wednesday, April 12, 2006 06:37 AM

    That race thing...

    It's funny, all during Whitney's reign on the charts (I grew up in the 80's), I never thought of her as black, or white, or brown. She was pop. Just like Janet Jackson, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Tina Turner, Samantha Fox, or any other greater or lesser stars in that universe. To this white boy, race never really entered into it.

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