. >> walt van huesen and don whitney pooled their skills, their financial resources, and their courageand started up valve resources incorporated. the company had two missions. the first was to sell valves, instruments, gauges, including oil refineries, utility companies, general contractors, and municipal governments. the company's second mission was to provide repair services for those products, both at on-site locations and in the repair shop. the two missions complemented each other, and valve resources was successful in pursuing both of them. their repair business boomed and as the company's name spread, their sales figures grew along with it. >> now we figured the only way to make it was to go all out. every penny we made got plowed right back into the business. no job was too small for us to take on. sixteen to 17 hour days, six to seven days a week, wasn't unusual at all. and that went not just for don and me, but for our employees too. you know, looking back on it, maybe that's where things went wrong. [narrator] >> what went wrong was that the shop and the repair crews were s

. >> the last time we talked, we were talking about don cornelius, whitney houston and deck clark.hat you heard the news, what went through your mind. >> this is the teenager, though he's not supposed to go and that is -- and that is surprising. we have seen this deteriorate over the years and that is tough to watch. and where's gone to glory. >> we have talked about some things, buddy houston, madonna, prince, some of the things he introduced to the world. what sort of impact and legacy will he leave? >> he was a star maker. to be on american bandstand. you didn't need anything else. that was it, you know, and he had that legacy. for me, being in thero and television as he was and both, you know, he paveed the way. for me, you know, i felt without dick clark, there was no don cornelius or donnie sympton, you know, and i am forever indebted to this man and that is just for music television. of course, you had the 20,000 pyramid. >> right. >> and everyone had new year's eve with this man. if you talk about the business side of it, you know, this conglomerate hydrated, an amazing --

whitney houston in many ways through the years. and at the end, he hoped to help bring houston back from her addiction. don lemon has the story. >> reporter: it was february 12th, 2011. a year before whitney houston died. a pre-grammy party. >> miss whitney houston. >> reporter: 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? >> yeah. ♪ from the moment i wake up >> reporter: rock 'n' roll hall of famer sam moore was in the audience. an old houston family friend, 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. i said don't get on your knees. and she's going like this. and she's sweating. and i said, joyce. she said high? i said high. >> reporter: high on drugs. far from the girl he first met decades earlier. >> i thought she was the cutest little thing. oh, my god. pretty. >> reporter: moore's career was just beginning. part of the singing group sam and dave. with chart t

. >> his life intersected with whitney houston in many ways through the years and in the end he hoped to bring houston back from her addiction. don lemon has the story. >> reporter: it was february 12, 2011. a year before whitney houston died. a pregrammy party. >> whitney houston. >> reporter: whitney was back. back from years of erratic behavior and drug use. ♪ walk on by >> where is the voice? >> reporter: you're saying she couldn't sing? >> no. >> reporter: hall of famer sam moore was in the audience. an old family friend, he and his wife joyce knew that she was in trouble. >> she came in and she looked over and saw me. and i said hey, baby. and she fell down and i said no, no, don't get on your knees the and she's starting to sweat. and i said high? and she said she was high on drugs. >> reporter: far from the girl she met decades earlier. >> i thought she was the prettiest thing. >> reporter: moore's career was just beginning, part of the singing group sam and dave with hits like "soul man." he was traveling and performing alongside aretha franklin. >> i remember her and i saw the first "17" magazine and i said, looky here.

don era uno de los jefes zetas mÁs poderosos de la zona. >>> gracias julio con esto vamos a una pausa pero al regreso, realidad y ficciÓn en la vida de whitneymuerte de whitney houston el reporte forense divulgÓ detalles tras su muerte veamos. >>> el reporte de la autopsia revela que muriÓ boca abajo ahogada en una tina del hotel donde estaba, problemas cardiacos y cocaÍna fueron factores. >>> habÍa nivel de cocaina en la sangre de ella, no era nivel significativo para causar la pur te. >>> en su organismo tambiÉn restos de otro medicamento y droga. >>> una combinaciÓn entre cocaÍna y otros medicamentos. que la llevaron a perder concienc conciencia. >>> se revela la presencia de polvo blanco en la habitaciÓn y apunta a uso de cocaÍna, ahora se sabe que se quejaba de dolor de garganta y su asistente le sugiriÓ el baÑo al volverla asistente la hallÓ. >>> este reporte coincide con avances de la pelÍcula en que estuvo trabajando, es irÓnico que interpreta a la madre de tres cantantes que luchan con la fama y adicciÓn a la droga, tambiÉn un hilo de sangre en el agua que salÍa de su nariz y una perforaciÓn en el tab que nasal. >>> consecuencia de