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"Whitney Houston&amp;#039;s mother Cissy Houston is to publish a memoir revealing the &amp;#039;brightest and darkest moments&amp;#039; of her daughter&amp;#039;s life. Publishers HarperCollins announced that the book, scheduled for publication in February 2013, will help &amp;#039;fans around the world understand the complexities of this extraordinary star who died much too soon&amp;#039;.  Cissy has never spoken publicly about her daughter, but is said to be determined to set the record straight about the circumstances surrounding the star&amp;#039;s tragic death in February. In a statement, she explained how by finally speaking up, she hoped to provide a deeper understanding of her daughter&amp;#039;s life. &amp;quot;When I lost my daughter Nippy, the world lost one of the most beautiful voices and an extraordinarily beautiful and charitable woman,&amp;quot; Cissy said. &amp;quot;In sharing our story in this book, I hope to give her fans something to treasure, the way we all treasured Whitney.&amp;quot; A percentage of the proceeds from the book will go to the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey where Whitney sang in the choir as a child and where her funeral was held. Whitney Houston&amp;#039;s final film performance, in the remake of musical Sparkle, will be released on August 17. Watch the trailer for Sparkle below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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