it's been one year since whitney houston's life ended tragically here in the beverly hilton hotel.ife cut short in the same dramatic fashion in which she lived. now we take a look back at her life, her final days and her death. ♪ but above all this i wish you love ♪ >> that legendary ballad, that blinding beauty, that breathtaking voice. ♪ and i will always love you >> whitney houston, the shy jersey girl who belted her way to superstardom. six grammys, and a record seven consecutive number one singles. for a time, she was pop's greatest love of all. ♪ is the greatest love of all >> to hear her voice was a miracle because for anybody to be able to do with a voice what she did with hers speaks to a divine order. >> whitney houston, the icon, unimaginably talented. but also fatally flawed. >> there were many different sides to whitney. there was the performer, the consummate professional. there was the addict and you never knew which whitney you were going to get. >> if houston was blessed by the heavens, she was most certainly cursed with her own demons. a contradiction right up to

here at the beverly hilton hotel.ok that shares the story of whitney's life and death. the pain is still raw for family and loved ones, especially for the fan whitney called uncle sam. he's one half of a '60s superstars sam & dave. now the man who beat the odds and overcame addiction is haunted by his inability to save whitney houston. >> it was february 12, 2011, a year before whitney houston died. a pre-grammy party. >> whitney houston. >> whitney was back. back from years of erratic behavior and drug use. ♪ walk on by >> where's the voice? >> you're saying she couldn't sing? >> no. ♪ the moment i wake up >> rock 'n roll hall-of-famer sam moore was in the audience. he and his wife joyce knew the girl everyone called nippy growing up was in trouble. >> she came in and she looked over and she saw me and i said nippy! hey, baby. and she fell on her knees and i said, no, no, don't get on your knees. and she goes like this. and she's sweating. she's starting to sweat. and i say joy, she said hi. and i said hi. >> high on

. >> whitney houston died here at the beverly hilton on february 11th, the voice of a generation silencedagic ending to a life filled with promise that was almost preordained. with a gospel legend for a mother, and a cousin named dionne warwick, houston was born to sing. >> when we first saw whitney, when you first heard whitney, you knew there was something special happening here. >> legendary music producer clive davis certainly knew. he discovered houston and changed her life forever. he packaged and polished the 19-year-old sensation into a pure pop princess, at least on the surface. >> alex six chu reported on whitney's death. >> one source who worked with whitney told us she definitely was not a goody two-shoes in any sense of the word. >> houston's bad girl side may have ultimately drawn her to r&b bad boy bobby brown. >> she was a girl from the streets of newark and she fell in love with a bad boy with a good voice, so, you know, her fan, yes, very shocked. those who knew her best really weren't surprised. >> houston and brown traded rings in 1992, a personal high matched only by

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and nischelle turner joins me live, pool side, at the beverly hilton. the show, nice gig.n. just getting started, right? >> yes, they're just getting started. i loved that you quantified that. i need to let everyone know so i get the hate e-mails for getting the good gig that i'm pool side at the beverly hilton in beverly hills. this is the annual oscar luncheon. an idea of where we are. all of the major outlets here in hollywood are set up here around the pool at the beverly hilton. what happens is all of the nominees for this year's oscars, for this year's academy awards, come here to the oscar luncheon. afterwards they come down, may sit and talk to us, and have a little chat about how excited they are about this year's awards. the great thing about the oscar luncheon is that you can have the person that is nominated for the smallest documentary come to this luncheon and meet the likes of ben affleck or meet the likes of jessica chastain, all of those people, that are nominated. it is really a good time and it gives kind of that hollywood community a chance of everybody

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the academy award will honor the oscar contenders today, 160 oscar nominees will gather at the beverly hilton including jennifer lawrence and bradley cooper and daniel day-lewis nominated in the lead actor category. you can see who wins on sunday february 24, when the academy awards are announced live only on abc7. >> did you notice it was cloudy? >> ran it to a small patch of fog but in and out in ten seconds. >> mike? >> low clouds out through but you will find that up and down the hills and hazy. the fog is thickest in the north bay valley. 36 to 47 around oakland and san francisco. we will watch for delays at sfo. everyone is fine. near normal this afternoon with increasing sunshine, and partly cloudy this afternoon upper 40's to low 50's. you can see radar looks familiar, right? we still dry. temperature is 50 in tahoe and 57 in yosemite and mid-to-upper 70's for los angeles and palm springs. >> we take a shot of the san mateo bridge, no problems here as you move from hayward to the toll plaza and getting busy with the tail lights headed to foster city area but no significant delays and

playing houston's music at the beverly hilton hotel. >>> tonight is music's big night.y awards kick off in about 12 hours. we right here this morning, giving agiv giving you a special preview with entertainment journalist john murray and bradley jacobs. last year belonged to adele. this year, it's very much a boys club at the grammys. major nods, male artists, mumford & sons, frank ocean, kanye west, jay-z, coveted album of the year, nominees, i sound like a presenter so excited. the black peas, el camp ino, babble by mumford & sons, channel orange and blunderbuss. so, georgia, what are your predictions. who will take it home? >> i think it will be a big night for frank ocean. frank is having what i would like to call success de esteem. his peers love his project, even though it's not that commercially viable. hasn't been a huge massive radio hits, but clearly the industry loves it, which is why he's in so many categories. >> amazing. he hasn't sold more than a million albums in terms of sales. did i just say albums? >> we still use that word too deb. >> okay. well. are

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her body was found in the bathtub of the beverly hilton hotel room where she was staying.ental ruling but heart disease and cocaine use was listed -- was listed as contributing factors. >>> last night, stars rocked the 55th annual grammy awards. ♪ >> yeah, that's justin timberlake. he went back on stage returning there with his new feature with jay-z. album of the year went to mumford and sons and record of the year went to hoyt -- hoyt. >>> let's hear it for the san francisco symphony. they won a grammy for west or kiss strawal -- orchestral performance. >>> nine minutes before 9:00, celebrations to mark the lunar new year are being held across the globe. ♪ >> in china, buddhist monks tolled bells and chanted to welcome the year of the snake. more than 35,000 people in the u.s. have signed a petition asking president obama to make the start of the lunar new year a national holiday. supporters say billions of people worldwide celebrate the lunar new year which is traditionally a time to return home to visit family. san francisco's chinatown will celebrate the year of the s

>> remember when we were in beverly hills at the beverly hilton, he was sitting right next to me.as like god you're beautiful. >> stephanie: he's so smart. i can't ever really hear what he's saying. >> i know. >> stephanie: handsome man charlie brown's teacher. >> but he has a new book out. it is called "citizenville." >> stephanie: right. okay. "citizenville," there it is. we were saying you know your party is in trouble when i say give me that poll about how people hate republicans and you said which one. >> there were a couple that came out yesterday. [ applause ] [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] >> stephanie: this one, let's see, abc news "washington post" poll yeah. people hate republicans. okay. you wonder who will take the blame for this. you know what? this is why i think the screaming goats become so popular because this is how people feel about politics in america. in fact, tammy writes steph thanks for ruining my life. you're welcome tammy. since hearing the bon jovi goat song i can't stop looking for remixes. if i get fired i'll show up there, looking for a job preferably