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It was the evening before the Grammys and Whitney Houston was gearing up to attend Clive Davis' annual pre-Grammy party, but she never made it.
On February 11, 2012, hours before the party, Whitney Elizabeth Houston died in Beverly Hills.
Today, Access Hollywood concludes our countdown of the Top 12 Headlines of 2012 with a look back on the celebrity death that shocked the world.
Just 48 years old, Whitney was on the verge of what she hoped would be her comeback - with the film "Sparkle" - when she passed away.
Whitney's last sitdown interview ...
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