![]() ![]() ![]() Sources claimed that prescription pill bottles were found in the room, and that Houston, 48, had looked dishevelled and disoriented when leaving a Hollywood club after a performance last week. Attempts to resuscitate her failed and she was pronounced dead at 3.55pm. She had been due to attend a pre-Grammy awards party at the hotel hosted by Clive Davis, the record producer and music industry executive credited with discovering her in a New York nightclub in 1983. Houston's body was found by a member of her entourage in the bathtub of her room at the Beverly Hills Hilton on Saturday afternoon. Right now our thoughts are with her daughter, her family and her friends." Sparkle studio Sony released a statement which read: "Like all those who knew and loved her, we are shocked and saddened and the world has lost an incomparable talent. At the time she was reportedly one of Hollywood's highest paid female actors, earning $10m a movie. Houston also starred in the popular 1992 film The Bodyguard with Kevin Costner, but had not appeared on the big screen since 1996's The Preacher's Wife. Houston's godmother, Aretha Franklin, recorded many of the songs for the Sparkle soundtrack. ![]() The original Sparkle was inspirational in the creation of the musical that would eventually debut on Broadway in 1981 as Dreamgirls, later adapted into a 2006 film of the same name which won Jennifer Hudson an Oscar for her turn as Effie White. One night, like many, we were working late, it was 2 or 3am and she was making up songs getting everyone laughing." "I remember how much fun she was to be around on set. "I was surprised at how funny she was," he added. "She was spending time with her and giving her advice." "She started to take on a mother-type role, especially with Jordin (Sparks)," he said. Producer Curtis Wallace told the Detroit News that Houston behaved professionally throughout the shoot in the city. The Sparkle remake will also star Jordin Sparks, Cee Lo Green, Mike Epps and Derek Luke. ![]()
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