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She had the voice, the looks and the charisma, but by the time of her death, drug addiction had robbed Whitney Houston of everything she had. The superstar's £76million fortune was gone and her debts were spiralling as the once brilliant singer struggled to feed her addiction to crack cocaine, cannabis and prescription drugs.
In 2009, Whitney - who would have turned 57 today - came clean about her demons, admitting her drug use escalated after her marriage to Bobby Brown and hit 1992 movie, The Bodyguard. "After The Bodyguard it started getting heavy - cocaine, marijuana," she told chat show host Oprah Winfrey.
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