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SHE was once a beautiful woman who sold millions of albums and had Hollywood at her feet - but now Whitney Houston looks like a bag lady.
With a ravaged face and wild hair, her struggle with alcohol and drugs has clearly come at a terrible price.

Houston, 42, was spotted walking to a garage near her home in Atlanta, Georgia, at 4am dressed in her pyjamas and a fur coat.
One motorist said: "She was like a bag lady in an expensive coat. She looked horrible."

Whitney - star of the 1992 film The Bodyguard - has been in rehab at least twice after confessing on US TV three years ago she had used cocaine, dope, booze and pills.
It is thought she had never touched drugs until meeting soul star Bobby Brown in 1989.

They married three years later and by 1998 he was jailed for driving under the influence of alcohol and illegal substances.

In 2000, Houston was allegedly found to be carrying cannabis at Hawaii Airport. The charges were later dropped.

Soon afterwards, she was axed from the list of performers at the Grammy Awards after unpredictable behaviour in rehearsals.

At the end of 2003, Houston admitted that Brown had hit her during a row - but the couple, who have a daughter Bobbi, 12, patched up their on-off relationship.

The multi-Grammy award-winner, whose hits include I Wanna Dance With Somebody, So Emotional and I Will Always Love You, was widely expected to make a comeback after spending time in the studio last year.

But Valeria Pensa of J Records said: "To tell the truth, there is nothing to talk about."

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