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"Britney Spears has described the death of Whitney Houston as &amp;quot;devastating&amp;quot;.  The singer admitted that she was huge fan of Houston and was shocked by the news of her death.  &amp;quot;I was the biggest fans of hers,&amp;quot; she told CNN at the Grammy Awards. &amp;quot;She influenced me so much growing up and it&amp;#039;s really devastating and shocking, really shocking.&amp;quot;  X Factor judge LA Reid added: &amp;quot;When you&amp;#039;re as good as Whitney, when you&amp;#039;re the gold standard of singing, you impress so many people, you influence so many people.  &amp;quot;There will be many, many singers from now who will be impacted and influenced by Whitney Houston.&amp;quot; It was recently reported that fans of Houston have been urged by police to stay away from her funeral this weekend.  &amp;gt; Whitney Houston funeral to air on E! Watch celebrities discuss Whitney Houston&amp;#039;s death below:       "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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