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Argumentative Essay: Whitney Houston's Death
Whitney Houston “I could tell you that…..I am not self-destructive, I am not a person who wants to die, I’m a person who has life and wants to live.” These were part of Whitney Houston’s last words before she died on February 11, 2012. But what was that really killed her? Was her boyfriend Ray J or wants suicide? Many facts point to a reasonable observation that Whitney could have died from drugs. Even though she may have been a drug addict, Whitney Houston died from alcohol and drug poisoning because she had had a history of cocaine use; she may have also had heart disease and a bad liver. “I wasn’t getting high by myself. It was me and him together.” (Whitney Houston)They found puncture marks from needles on her arm. They smelled alcohol

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