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"Kelly Price was &amp;quot;supposed to meet up&amp;quot; with Whitney Houston at Clive Davis&amp;apos; annual party Saturday -- but unfortunately, Houston, 48, was found dead just hours earlier in her Beverly Hilton hotel room.\r\nPrice, 38, first heard the news about her friend&amp;apos;s passing while at a gifting suite. &amp;quot;It just got real weird,&amp;quot; she told E! News&amp;apos; Ryan Seacrest at the Grammy Awards Sunday. &amp;quot;My manager grabbed me and said, &amp;apos;We need to go.&amp;apos; I think they were afraid somebody was going to just blurt it out to me.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;In my heart I was praying that it was an internet hoax. I hate them, but I was hoping that it was one,&amp;quot; Price added. &amp;quot;To realize that it wasn&amp;apos;t, I don&amp;apos;t even know how to explain it.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nHouston joined Price onstage at Tru nightclub on Thursday; the two famously collaborated on the 1998 hit &amp;quot;Heartbreak Hotel&amp;quot; (also featuring Faith Evans). Sadly, Thursday&amp;apos;s event would be the multiplatinum singer&amp;apos;s final performance before her untimely death.\r\n&amp;quot;I wasn&amp;apos;t expecting her to sing -- I wasn&amp;apos;t gonna ask her to do that,&amp;quot; Price explained. &amp;quot;We embraced each other and she said, &amp;apos;Give me the mic.&amp;apos; i gave her the microphone, she started to sing and I went along with her.&amp;quot;\r\nGrammy-winning singer seemed &amp;quot;wasted&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;moody&amp;quot; as she exited the  club past midnight, according to a witness. &amp;quot;She reacted angrily to the  security guards trying to get her  into her car...and started cussing  them out.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nDespite Houston&amp;apos;s passing, Price said the singer would want the Grammy Awards to &amp;quot;be celebratory and about the music. She loved what she did.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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