it would be the last performance of her life we are learning more about the final moments of whitney houston's life ten years later we're still grappling with the loss of one of our greatest stars and the tragic circumstances of her final days here's the timeline wednesday february 8th whitney was spotted leaving her doctor's office in beverly hills she was treated for a sore throat whitney headed back to her suite here at the beverly hilton hotel she was in town for the grammy awards but later that day witnesses said she was acting strangely and wandering aimlessly
in the lobby they said that she looked disheveled smelled of alcohol and cigarettes and her clothes were mismatched thursday february 9 whitney crashed a tv interview with her mentor clive davis and singers brandi and monica her hair was dripping wet women [Applause] later that night whitney surprised everyone by joining singer kelly price on stage at a pre-grammy party no one could have imagined the end was near the final images of her were taken as she left the party her hair messy her face sweaty saturday february 11 in the morning whitney spoke with her cousin deon
warwick on the phone she was so up and ready and happy she had everything in the world to live for dion would later say later whitney ordered lunch from room service a burger french fries a turkey sandwich jalapenos and champagne which she finished in the bathroom 3 43 p.m whitney took a bath but her hairdresser became concerned that she'd been in there for so long she knocked on the door when she didn't answer she went in and found the superstar face up in the water filled tub she and the bodyguard pulled whitney out called and
frantically tried to revive her but it was too late as whitney lay dead on the fourth floor a pre-grammy party went on downstairs you can actually hear the music blaring while the crime lab team was parked outside music journalist garrett kennedy is the author of the new book didn't we almost have it all in defense of whitney houston the circumstances of course made it this almost shakespearean ending to this you know tragic tale that we had seen slowly play out for a long time it's hard to believe 10 years have gone by since her family
and the world lost whitney houston she is such a once in a generational voice [Music] you