Letter: Celebrity hard for Whitney
Photo credit: AP | FILE- In this Oct. 28, 2006, file photo, singer Whitney Houston arrives at the 17th Carousel of Hope Ball benefiting the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes in Beverly Hills, Calif. Houston died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, she was 48. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
The loss of Whitney Houston is the latest example of an American cultural failure ["The tragic scene," News, Feb. 14].
Celebrity is sought and celebrated, but those who achieve it often fall victim to its excesses.
We celebrate her life and mourn her death, but we should also be mourning the cultural failure that led to the demise of our sister.
James Rubin, Huntington Station
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