No one said you were judgemental, Tom.

I just posted two quotes, and my own opinion about this thread.

Ian

Never sadened never will be...i mentioned this long ago...Michael Jackson, Amy WhineHouse, Whitney Houston,
Elvis Presley, Heat Ledger and many others...i simply never gave a rats ass...i know, it sounds unhumand but
thats me...what the hell, my parrents died when i was only 4, both, in the same day, car accident, my life
goes on...i can live without all of those mentioned...but i do care about few Cops that i knew
personally and they died...of cancer...working on Ground Zero after 9-11.

I am more pissed at the outpouring of sorrow and love for these "Stars", but when we lose one of our soldiers in Iraq or Afghanistan, it's not even given an afterthought. That really PISSES me off! They are the real hero's and should be treated with more reverence, respect, and rememberance.

The real tragedy is for her loved ones that have to live through the grief.

I heard her daughter is on drugs too...is that true?

I suppose I am a "jerk" too because I also find it difficult to feel much of anything for those who have it all and end up dead because of drugs.

Deane

Ok, here's my take . . .

Regardless of whatever demons Whitney went through,
she and her music and awesome voice were a tremendous inspration to me,
esp when I first started singing back in the late 80's, and I am deeply saddened by her death.
The 'only' people I have little sympathy for are murderers and rapists, and I believe Ms. Houston was far from that.
Until any of us has reached and had to endure the degree of fame and celebrity status Whitney Houston achieved,
we may never fully understand why she and so many other celebrities fall into that drug dependent downward spin.

RIP Whitney.

-Scott

I can’t comment about drugs or smoking because I did neither, I did a bit of drinking for England which I stopped when I realised if I didn’t I would not see my granddaughters grow up. I will come in the middle of this, smokers appear to have one hell of a job giving up because it’s highly addictive, I would think on the Richter scale taking drugs must be more addictive and more devastating to those around the user. The problem is once you starting taking drugs it must be more difficult to stop; stars do not have a money problem to get drugs unlike low life that need to rob to get their fix. There will always be sad stories like this and it will go on until the end of time. You guys here on SZ won’t fix the World, so stop trying, just be glad that you don’t have a monkey on your shoulder you can’t get rid of, we are the lucky ones. Donny’s story should stop you in your tracks and should end this thread. I am afraid to say it like shooting foxes, if you lined all the drug users up against the wall vented your anger on them and dispatched them has un-humanly as possible, it would all start over again. Like you said it was a bad idea to start this thread here or anywhere for that matter. It’s not for us so faultless ones to judge others.

PS Tom I don't know why you thought you were the only jerk on CZ, it's obvious your not!!! no funnies

Was it really necessary to post:

Because she may have died from a drug problem?

I'm stunned that anyone who agreed with this comment needed to do so in writing.

Maybe it's just my liberal bleeding heart, but perhaps a little caring may have saved her and a little caring may save others from the same fate.

Spot on Larry.