Muerte de una Diosa: Whitney Houston- última parte.
WHITNEY HOUSTON: MUERTE DE UNA DIOSA JOVEN.
Última Parte
En informaciones posteriores, se comunicó que la cantante y actriz estadounidense fue encontrada inanimada en la bañera de su habitación. Su muerte fue determinada a las 15:55 h del sábado, 12 minutos después de la llamada de sus allegados a los servicios de socorro. Los paramédicos le practicaron maniobras de reanimación cardiopulmonar durante alrededor de 20 minutos, sin lograr ningún resultado. La policía local dijo que «no hay signos evidentes de intención criminal».
Mientras tanto, según el sitio sensacionalista TMZ, se asegura que murió sumergida en su bañera. Estaba acompañada de su estilista, peluquera y dos guardaespaldas al momento de su muerte. Según narraron, la cantante tardaba mucho dentro del baño y la gente que esperaba fuera, en la habitación del hotel Beverly Hilton, comenzó a extrañarse. Su peluquera decidió entrar y se encontró con Whitney Houston boca abajo en la bañera, muerta, con un hilo de sangre saliendo de su nariz.
En un principio se especuló que se quedó dormida por los efectos de un calmante en combinación con alcohol, ya que se sabe que consumía habitualmente Xanax para controlar la ansiedad. Encontraron evidencia de agua en sus pulmones, lo que sugiere una asfixia por ahogamiento.
Houston tuvo un funeral gospel con una ceremonia multitudinaria y privada el 18 de febrero a las 12 del mediodía (Hora del Este), en la iglesia New Hope Baptist en Newark, New Jersey.
Fue sepultada el domingo 19, en el Fairview Cemetery, en Westfield, New Jersey, donde también está enterrado su padre, John Russell Houston, quien murió en 2003. La hija de Whitney Houston y Bobby Brown, Bobbi Kristina Brown, fue enterrada junta a la tumba de su madre en 2015.
Autopsia.
Los resultados oficiales de la autopsia se dieron a conocer el 22 de marzo de 2012, y confirmaron algunas hipótesis preliminares. La oficina forense del Condado de Los Ángeles informó que la causa de la muerte de Houston se atribuyó a un ahogamiento accidental en el que se unieron otros factores coadyuvantes, como «los efectos de una enfermedad cardíaca aterosclerótica y el consumo de cocaína». Además, la oficina señaló que la cantidad de cocaína encontrada en el cuerpo de la artista fue inhalada poco antes de su muerte.
Así, los resultados de toxicología revelaron otro tipo de medicamentos en su sistema: Benadryl, Xanax, cannabis y Flexiril.
La forma de la muerte (muy inusual) fue catalogada como un «accidente» por los médicos. Según el documento forense, se confirmó que los investigadores encontraron en la habitación restos de drogas y utensilios necesarios para consumirlas. Incluso su tabique nasal tenía un agujero producto del uso crónico de cocaína.
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2018
JANIS JOPLIN: THE GODDESS DIES YOUNG. Third part.
JANIS JOPLIN: THE GODDESS DIES YOUNG. Third part.
When I was 17 or 18 years old I saw on American TV at the US Naval Base in Guantánamo Bay, a young woman with a careless mane who sang a blues and kicked the stage with despair.
With a heartrending, almost masculine voice, she seemed to shout her rage at the world and implore a God who had abandoned her. It was impressive.
Later I found out her name: Janis Joplin and that was a scene from the famous Woodstock festival where other artists like Jimmy Hendrix, Santana, etc. took part. But I stayed with that American Rock and Roll singer and I started looking for data from her.
Janis Joplin was a young woman with a rebellious spirit who considered herself ugly. It was the female symbol of the 60's counterculture. The short life of Janis Joplin left a great legacy not only for music, but also for the female figure, managed to rebel against many stereotypes of the time, spoke openly about the sexual issue and managed to play millions of souls with their songs. We remember the history of this important artist.
In September 1970 he moved to Los Angeles to record the album Pearl, on October 3, 1970 it was a great day of recording in the studio Sunset Sound Recorders, as a celebration she left with a couple of friends to get drunk. On October 4, Janis did not appear in the studio, then the producer Phil Rothchil began to worry, he told John Cooke, administrator and representative of the band, and he went to her house to visit her.
When he entered the room, Janis was lying next toher bed, on the floor. The cause of her death was an overdose of heroin, this episode had happened before, but this time nobody was at her side to help her. It is believed that the artist received a concentration higher than normal, on the other hand they claim that someone gave her the dose on purpose, but the truth is that at 1:45 p.m. from October 4, 1970 Janis Joplin passed away.
Her creative essence, her emotional challenges, addiction to drugs and music as a source of escape made her one of the most outstanding female figures. I was not afraid to say what she thought, do what she wanted and be with who she wanted. She had many sexual partners and never hid from the world how she really felt, she was named as 'The Cosmic Witch' because of her way of performing on stage.
Phrases to remember Janis Joplin
"Freedom is another word to define 'nothing to lose'."
"When I sing, I feel like I'm in love. It's more than sex, it's the point where two people get to what they call love for the first time, multiplied by the whole public. It's gigantic. "
"Being intellectual creates a lot of questions and no response."
ORLANDO VICENTE ÁLVAREZ
-CONTINUE- THE GODDESS DIES YOUNG.
When I was 17 or 18 years old I saw on American TV at the US Naval Base in Guantánamo Bay, a young woman with a careless mane who sang a blues and kicked the stage with despair.
With a heartrending, almost masculine voice, she seemed to shout her rage at the world and implore a God who had abandoned her. It was impressive.
Later I found out her name: Janis Joplin and that was a scene from the famous Woodstock festival where other artists like Jimmy Hendrix, Santana, etc. took part. But I stayed with that American Rock and Roll singer and I started looking for data from her.
Janis Joplin was a young woman with a rebellious spirit who considered herself ugly. It was the female symbol of the 60's counterculture. The short life of Janis Joplin left a great legacy not only for music, but also for the female figure, managed to rebel against many stereotypes of the time, spoke openly about the sexual issue and managed to play millions of souls with their songs. We remember the history of this important artist.
In September 1970 he moved to Los Angeles to record the album Pearl, on October 3, 1970 it was a great day of recording in the studio Sunset Sound Recorders, as a celebration she left with a couple of friends to get drunk. On October 4, Janis did not appear in the studio, then the producer Phil Rothchil began to worry, he told John Cooke, administrator and representative of the band, and he went to her house to visit her.
When he entered the room, Janis was lying next toher bed, on the floor. The cause of her death was an overdose of heroin, this episode had happened before, but this time nobody was at her side to help her. It is believed that the artist received a concentration higher than normal, on the other hand they claim that someone gave her the dose on purpose, but the truth is that at 1:45 p.m. from October 4, 1970 Janis Joplin passed away.
Her creative essence, her emotional challenges, addiction to drugs and music as a source of escape made her one of the most outstanding female figures. I was not afraid to say what she thought, do what she wanted and be with who she wanted. She had many sexual partners and never hid from the world how she really felt, she was named as 'The Cosmic Witch' because of her way of performing on stage.
Phrases to remember Janis Joplin
"Freedom is another word to define 'nothing to lose'."
"When I sing, I feel like I'm in love. It's more than sex, it's the point where two people get to what they call love for the first time, multiplied by the whole public. It's gigantic. "
"Being intellectual creates a lot of questions and no response."
ORLANDO VICENTE ÁLVAREZ
-CONTINUE- THE GODDESS DIES YOUNG.
THE GODDES DIES YOUNG: MAMA CASH ELLIOT. Secund Part.
THE GODDESS DIES YOUNG: MAMA CASH ELLIOT -Second Part.
Mama Cash Eliot from the set of 60 "the Mamas and the Papas"
Eliot, famous for her sense of humor and optimism, was considered by some to be the most charismatic member of the band; her unmistakable voice was a great contribution to her triumph. She is remembered by her in the classic songs California Dreaming, Monday, Monday and Words of Love, and particularly for the single Dream to Little Dream of Me, Elliot's version is known to be a ballad, while almost all Dream recordings a Little Dream of Me (including one by Nat King Cole), were fast songs. This song had actually been written in 1931 on purpose for the clubs of that time.
They continued recording to fulfill their contractual obligations with the label until their last album was released in 1971. According to the most controversial versions, the abuse of drugs, jealousy, alcoholism and weight problems of Cash Elliot were the triggers of the Subsequent rupture of the group.
On the other hand, the singer wanted to become independent from her classmates to start a brilliant (albeit brief) solo career.
At the height of her solo career in 1974, Cash Elliot made two weeks of sold-out shows at the London Palladium in the United Kingdom.She phoned Michelle Phillips after finishing the concert on July 28, totally euphoric, and told him that she had received big ovations every night. The singer retired to rest later and a few hours later she died while she slept, at the premature age of 32 years. Forensic sources declared that her death was due to a sudden heart attack.
Controversial death
Although the official cause of death was attributed to a devastating heart attack, a repeated urban myth indicated that Elliot died of suffocation by a ham sandwich sandwich. The story began after the discovery of her body and was based on an initial speculation of the media. The police had told the press that they found a half-eaten sandwich in their room and that it could have been the culprit of her death, even though the autopsy had not yet taken place.
However, post mortem examinations concluded that Elliot had actually died from a heart attack, and no food remains were found in her trachea. But the story that he had choked has persisted in years after her death. On the other hand, the doctors did not find traces of the presence of any drug that could cause this cardiac crisis.
Although he was not known to have any major health problems or drug use in the days leading up to the incident, there are several reasons why the singer died so young, including the stress caused by her hectic pace of life, inadequate nutrition and, above all, excessive obesity.
Although some sources claimed that his death was due to a myocardial infarction or heart failure, her official death certificate attributed the fact to a "fatty degeneration of the myocardium due to obesity," a form of steatosis.
Anthony Kiedis of Red Hot Chili Peppers quoted The Mamas & the Papas and Elliot, especially as an influence, in an interview for Rolling Stone magazine. He said: "There have been times when I have been very down and misplaced in my life, and the sound of her voice has a kind of sense that has given me a reason to want to move on."
Boy George and Lang also cited her as an influence. George described her as "the greatest white female singer that has ever existed." "Beth Ditto, the singer of the band Gossip, has called Elliot, as an inspiration in both music and fashion, saying:" I really wanted to sound like Mama Cash growing. "
Since her death, Elliot and the circumstances surrounding her have been the target of numerous jokes in comedy routines, movies and songs; by the hand of artists like Frank Zappa, Adam Sandler, Denis Leary, Mike Myers (in his first Austin Powers movie),
In 1999, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame included Cash Elliot and his bandmates from The Mamas and The Papas. In the absence of the singer, her daughter Owen represented her and accepted her posthumous award. By that time, she was the only deceased member, followed later by John Phillips (2001) and then Denny Doherty (2007).
Four years later to the death of Cash, the drummer Keith Moon of The Who would die in the same place and in quite similar circumstances. Not only happened in the same place, 12th floor of 9 Curzon Place, but also in the same bed and at the same age.
Mama Cash Elliot was a sweet-voiced Jewish woman with a good record and that was demonstrated when she separated from Los Mamas and the Papas and started an independent career. Her voice full of matias if lullaby a growing baby, will endure as the singer who still had much to give the world with her talent and charisma, but we all remember her as "the cheerful fat girl who stood out in the group" and we pay little attention to her affectionate voice, sweet and exalted.
Mama Cash Eliot from the set of 60 "the Mamas and the Papas"
Eliot, famous for her sense of humor and optimism, was considered by some to be the most charismatic member of the band; her unmistakable voice was a great contribution to her triumph. She is remembered by her in the classic songs California Dreaming, Monday, Monday and Words of Love, and particularly for the single Dream to Little Dream of Me, Elliot's version is known to be a ballad, while almost all Dream recordings a Little Dream of Me (including one by Nat King Cole), were fast songs. This song had actually been written in 1931 on purpose for the clubs of that time.
They continued recording to fulfill their contractual obligations with the label until their last album was released in 1971. According to the most controversial versions, the abuse of drugs, jealousy, alcoholism and weight problems of Cash Elliot were the triggers of the Subsequent rupture of the group.
On the other hand, the singer wanted to become independent from her classmates to start a brilliant (albeit brief) solo career.
At the height of her solo career in 1974, Cash Elliot made two weeks of sold-out shows at the London Palladium in the United Kingdom.She phoned Michelle Phillips after finishing the concert on July 28, totally euphoric, and told him that she had received big ovations every night. The singer retired to rest later and a few hours later she died while she slept, at the premature age of 32 years. Forensic sources declared that her death was due to a sudden heart attack.
Controversial death
Although the official cause of death was attributed to a devastating heart attack, a repeated urban myth indicated that Elliot died of suffocation by a ham sandwich sandwich. The story began after the discovery of her body and was based on an initial speculation of the media. The police had told the press that they found a half-eaten sandwich in their room and that it could have been the culprit of her death, even though the autopsy had not yet taken place.
However, post mortem examinations concluded that Elliot had actually died from a heart attack, and no food remains were found in her trachea. But the story that he had choked has persisted in years after her death. On the other hand, the doctors did not find traces of the presence of any drug that could cause this cardiac crisis.
Although he was not known to have any major health problems or drug use in the days leading up to the incident, there are several reasons why the singer died so young, including the stress caused by her hectic pace of life, inadequate nutrition and, above all, excessive obesity.
Although some sources claimed that his death was due to a myocardial infarction or heart failure, her official death certificate attributed the fact to a "fatty degeneration of the myocardium due to obesity," a form of steatosis.
Anthony Kiedis of Red Hot Chili Peppers quoted The Mamas & the Papas and Elliot, especially as an influence, in an interview for Rolling Stone magazine. He said: "There have been times when I have been very down and misplaced in my life, and the sound of her voice has a kind of sense that has given me a reason to want to move on."
Boy George and Lang also cited her as an influence. George described her as "the greatest white female singer that has ever existed." "Beth Ditto, the singer of the band Gossip, has called Elliot, as an inspiration in both music and fashion, saying:" I really wanted to sound like Mama Cash growing. "
Since her death, Elliot and the circumstances surrounding her have been the target of numerous jokes in comedy routines, movies and songs; by the hand of artists like Frank Zappa, Adam Sandler, Denis Leary, Mike Myers (in his first Austin Powers movie),
In 1999, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame included Cash Elliot and his bandmates from The Mamas and The Papas. In the absence of the singer, her daughter Owen represented her and accepted her posthumous award. By that time, she was the only deceased member, followed later by John Phillips (2001) and then Denny Doherty (2007).
Four years later to the death of Cash, the drummer Keith Moon of The Who would die in the same place and in quite similar circumstances. Not only happened in the same place, 12th floor of 9 Curzon Place, but also in the same bed and at the same age.
Mama Cash Elliot was a sweet-voiced Jewish woman with a good record and that was demonstrated when she separated from Los Mamas and the Papas and started an independent career. Her voice full of matias if lullaby a growing baby, will endure as the singer who still had much to give the world with her talent and charisma, but we all remember her as "the cheerful fat girl who stood out in the group" and we pay little attention to her affectionate voice, sweet and exalted.
ORLAND VICENTE ALVAREZ
-Segunda Parte-THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2018
THE GODDESS DIES YOUNG: SINGER. First Parte
THE GODDESS DIES YOUNG: SINGERS. First part
BILLIE HOLLIDAY
Billie turned her unhappiness into songs that make the rest of mortals happy. Owner of a voice of peculiar timbre and poor technique but full of feeling, she became the undisputed queen of jazz.
The mere mention of her name evokes in us the image of the black jazz singer, of prodigious voice and turbulent life. It is enough for us to close our eyes and sing one of their moving interpretations to go into ecstasy.
Her heartbreaking and somewhat harsh voice reminded me in my adolescence, with the old records that my mother treasured, the image of the black woman who suffered in the depths of her soul a pain that only God could mitigate in heaven.
Raped at 10 years and working making beds and cleaning toilets in old brothels was outlined in front of the jukebox following the songs of Louis Angstrom and Duke Ellington. Then she was discovered by a music promoter who launched her to stardom.
But hers voice had the heartrending timbre of a desperate black woman who did not know true love.
Invaded by drugs and alcohol, she was imprisoned several times by drunk and drug addict and hospitalized.
The last song I heard from her "Can not take my eyes over you", already here in Uruguay, her voice, already without strength and tamed by alcohol, hardly distinguished from her songs when she was younger.
Lady Blues, as she was called, died of cirrhosis in hospital in 1959 at the age of 44, along with her dog, the only being that accompanied her.
Her husky voice is a sad song like a prayer to a Spiritual Creature to rescue her from her inner demons.
ORLANDO VICENTE ALVAREZ
-TO BE CONTINUE-
BILLIE HOLLIDAY
Billie turned her unhappiness into songs that make the rest of mortals happy. Owner of a voice of peculiar timbre and poor technique but full of feeling, she became the undisputed queen of jazz.
The mere mention of her name evokes in us the image of the black jazz singer, of prodigious voice and turbulent life. It is enough for us to close our eyes and sing one of their moving interpretations to go into ecstasy.
Her heartbreaking and somewhat harsh voice reminded me in my adolescence, with the old records that my mother treasured, the image of the black woman who suffered in the depths of her soul a pain that only God could mitigate in heaven.
Raped at 10 years and working making beds and cleaning toilets in old brothels was outlined in front of the jukebox following the songs of Louis Angstrom and Duke Ellington. Then she was discovered by a music promoter who launched her to stardom.
But hers voice had the heartrending timbre of a desperate black woman who did not know true love.
Invaded by drugs and alcohol, she was imprisoned several times by drunk and drug addict and hospitalized.
The last song I heard from her "Can not take my eyes over you", already here in Uruguay, her voice, already without strength and tamed by alcohol, hardly distinguished from her songs when she was younger.
Lady Blues, as she was called, died of cirrhosis in hospital in 1959 at the age of 44, along with her dog, the only being that accompanied her.
Her husky voice is a sad song like a prayer to a Spiritual Creature to rescue her from her inner demons.
ORLANDO VICENTE ALVAREZ
-TO BE CONTINUE-