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Remembering Whitney Houston

Holding a Whitney Houston poster, Porsher Merritt sings one of the pop star's songs during a vigil for Houston at Leimert Park in Los Angeles. In front is Merritt's 3-year-old daughter, Grace.

Holding a Whitney Houston poster, Porsher Merritt sings one of the pop star’s songs during a vigil for Houston at Leimert Park in Los Angeles. In front is Merritt’s 3-year-old daughter, Grace.  (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

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February 13, 2011 | Whitney Houston fans hold a candlelight vigil at Leimert Park in Los Angeles. In Beverly Hills, fans leave flowers, candles and stuffed animals at a memorial to the pop singer in front of the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Remembering Whitney Houston

Tyshe Brown, 6, left, holds a candle during the vigil.  (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

Remembering Whitney Houston

People sing and dance at the vigil for Houston, whose body will be transported from Los Angeles to her hometown of Newark, N.J.  (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

Remembering Whitney Houston

About 150 people attended the Leimert Park vigil. A funeral service for Houston is tentatively scheduled for Friday in New Jersey.  (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

Remembering Whitney Houston

Near a photograph of the late pop star, Juliet Tate holds a candle during the vigil. Detectives are still trying to piece together the last hours of Houston’s life and are awaiting toxicology results.  (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

Remembering Whitney Houston

Wan Ali places flowers at a small memorial to Houston in front of the Beverly Hilton Hotel, where the singer was found dead in the bathttub of her suite Saturday afternoon.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

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