HIV/AIDS. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the virus that causes AIDS. When a person becomes infected with HIV, the virus attacks and weakens the immune system. As the immune system weakens, the person is at risk of getting life-threatening infections and cancers. When that happens, the illness is called AIDS.
New Wave of Whitney Houston Sightings. Moreover, ever since her death in 2012, hundreds of eyewitnesses claimed to have spotted her in many cities around the world, in shopping malls, taxis, even in a restaurant in Newark (Whitney Houstonâs Hometown). Whitney Houston would be 53 years-old today.
The tragedy being carried by the family of this week hit even harder on Saturday, as relatives gathered at the 21-year-old's bedside on the three-year anniversary of her mother's death. Whitney Houston died on February 11, 2012, the day before the Grammy awards of that year. With this year's Grammy's set to take place Sunday, it was an eerie link between mother and daughter that added to the solemness of the situation at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta.