Detroit Free Press — The 48-year-old music icon, who was found dead Saturday in California, was in Michigan as a star and executive producer of "Sparkle," a remake of the 1976 movie about a singing sister act confronting the triumphs and perils of show business. more info

USA Today Music — USA TODAY's Edna Gundersen is inside the Beverly Hilton, where Whitney Houston died this afternoon. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Whitney Houston dead: The singer defined a generation of R&B singers, and had a voice for the ages. Times pop music critic Randall Roberts looks back her highs and lows. more info

Sky News — Friends and fans of Whitney Houston have been paying tribute to the superstar singer just hours after it was announced she had died in an Los Angeles hotel room. more info

411 Mania — Was this Whitney's final performance? more info

411 Mania — Trying to perform tonight… more info

Spinner.com — Kevin Mazur, Getty Images UPDATE: CNN reports that Ray J, who was once involved in a relationship with Whitney Houston, found her dead body in a room at the Beverly Hilton hotel. However, Fox TV celebrity journalist Flo Anthony says Houston's b... more info

People.com — The Recording Academy mourns along with "all who have been touched by her beautiful voice" more info

Dlisted — The Associated Press is reporting that Whitney Houston has joined Amy Winehouse in Heaven's ultimate girl group in the sky. Whitney's rep confirms that she passed away this afternoon, but didn't give anymore details. I will write more ... more info

Mercury News, California — Superstar singer Whitney Houston, who once reigned as pop music's queen, is dead at 48. In the 1980s and 1990s she was one of the world's best-selling artists, but in recent years she had been troubled by drug use, bizarre behavior and a tumultuous m... more info