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Gone Too Soon: Series 3

BBC Radio 1Xtra - 1Xtra Talks with Richie Brave, Gone Too Soon: Series 3, Whitney Houston

Trevor Nelson pays tribute to Whitney Houston, one of pop's greatest voices.

Trevor Nelson pays tribute to Whitney Houston, one of pop's greatest voices and most successful artists.

Whitney Houston was one of pop music's most high profile figures - and one of its most successful, with over 200 million albums sold, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 6 Grammys and 2 Emmys. 

Songs like Saving All My Love For You, Greatest Love Of All, I Wanna Dance With Somebody and I Will Always Love You were almost unavoidable on your radio in the late 80s and early 90s, but, as Trevor Nelson finds out, behind the music the story developed a darker side. 

There were well documented issues with drugs and rehab, off-stage disasters and a marriage to Bobby Brown partly lived out in public on reality TV. 

She died aged 48 in 2012, but will always be remembered for having the ultimate musical instrument - a pitch perfect voice.

1Xtra Talks with Richie Brave: Gone Too Soon: Series 3

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