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Episode 32: Whitney Houston: "My mother taught me how to sing"

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Today would have been Whitney Houston's 63rd birthday.

She sold more than 220 million records, won six Grammy Awards and gave the world classics like Saving All My Love For You, I Wanna Dance With Somebody and I Will Always Love You.

But behind one of the greatest voices in music history was a woman battling the pressures of fame and, ultimately, addiction.

HOT1027's Tara Penny reports...
8 Aug English South Africa Music

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