Posted on 09/08/2001 6:02:22 PM PDT by ccmay
XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX SAT SEPT 08, 2001 10:21:39 ET XXXXX
WASTING AWAY: WHITNEY HOUSTON'S FRAIL APPEARANCE STUNS CROWD
NEW YORK -- The crowd watched in shock as a frail Whitney Houston hit the stage Friday night during the Michael Jackson concert at Madison Square Garden.
As this photo shows, one of the world's most vital pop stars has become a shell of her former self in the year and half since she last publicly performed.
The 37-year-old velvet-voiced wonder sang for under 5 minutes, but images of Houston completely wasting away into skeletonism -- and appearing to be at stages of illness beyond even Karen Carpenter before she passed -- still haunt.
There to pay tribute to Michael Jackson, Houston managed to belt out a verse from Jackson's "Wanna Be Starting Something".
The concert was recorded for broadcast on CBS-TV in November.
"Hello, New York!" Houston shouted as a close-up of her body beamed on large screens scattered throughout the arena, while audience members gasped in disbelief at her deteriorating condition.
"I don't think we can use the footage," a top production source said during an intermission.
Houston recently signed an extension to her recording contract at ARISTA records valued at more than $100 million.
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Filed By Matt Drudge in New York City
-ccm
Mixed with a little too much Bobby Brown.
My favorite recording artist is everybody else.
She used to have a really smooth set of pipes in the 80's and early 90's. A true talent wasted.
Maybe there's a Condit tie-in somewhere and we're just not seeing it.
My little cat Monty looked kinda like that. Tapeworm medicine cleared it right up.
I second that
"and iiiiiii, will always love MEEEEEEE...."
Tough cookiecakes
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