Whitney Houston’s family announced that the late singer’s funeral will be a private event.
Talk of a large scale farewell for Whitney Houston has changed. Plans were announced Tuesday for a much smaller farewell for the late singer.
The same Newark, NJ church where Whitney Houston sang as a child will now be the scene of her funeral Saturday.
Houston’s fans are honoring her memory through her music.
According to Billboard Magazine, digital sales of I Will Always Love You have gone from less than 3,000 in the week preceding her death to more than 200,000 since.
Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick And More To Headline Funeral Choir For Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston’s funeral may be private, but the congregation will be packed with stars. Reports have leaked out suggesting an all-star cast of singing icons (including Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick and Houston’s mom Cissy) will be joining together to form a choir in tribute to the late R&B star. International Business Times reports:
Whitney Houston funeral invite list, choir plans and more are leaking out through the media as the memorial approaches.
The choir at the funeral, slated to be held Sunday at New Hope Baptist Church, the Newark, N.J. congregation where Houston began her singing career as a child, is slated to be filled with “music legends,” according to the New York Daily News.








