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"Brandy spent the evening of her 33rd birthday in tears.\r\nEarlier that afternoon, the singer and actress&amp;apos; longtime inspiration and mentor Whitney Houston passed away suddenly at the age of 48. Though Brandy attended Clive Davis&amp;apos; annual pre-Grammys bash, the somber star told Us Weekly she &amp;quot;really wanted to perform&amp;quot; that night, &amp;quot;but I&amp;apos;m in a bad space right now.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nOn Monday, Brandy decided to publicly pay tribute to the six-time Grammy Award winner. &amp;quot;My heart is destroyed. I lost my idol and dear friend. My prayers go out to Whitney&amp;apos;s family and her millions of fans around the world,&amp;quot; Brandy told Us in a statement. &amp;quot;Whitney -- the greatest voice of all time -- you are my angel and I will always and forever love you.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThe two women starred in the mega-successful TV remake of&amp;#xA0; Rodgers &amp;amp; Hammerstein&amp;apos;s Cinderella in 1997; it was the No. 1 program of the week, with more than 60 million viewers.\r\n\r\nHouston&amp;apos;s body is expected to be flown back east for a rumored funeral in Newark, New Jersey, where she was born in 1963. The &amp;quot;So Emotional&amp;quot; singer is believed to have overdosed on a lethal combination of prescription pills and alcohol in her Beverly Hilton hotel room. She is survived by her daughter, Bobbi Kristina, 18, and her mother, Cissy."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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