know that after the famous performance of the "star spangled banner" in 1990, she became wildly pop ular with the u.s. service members in particular and spent time talking to the troops and the families as well. >> well, she did the great "star spangled banner in the super bowl, and then the welcome home heros from the norfolk naval air force base with soldiers from all branchs of of the service with her, and they loved her as somebody patriotic and beautiful and great spirit. >> before the service started today, as we watch that gold hearse carrying whitney's body away from the church right now, i spent some time with the fans who were and presumably still are blocks away from the church, and some of the fans, of course, a lot of them talked about how great whitney houston were, but they were frustrated, frustrated because the closest they could get was four to five blocks from the church ashs a, and the fami the great lengths to keep it private. >> well they wanted to keep it from being a spectacle. they wanted a celebration of her life and friends and family, and people who worked wit