Changes: Whitney Houston

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Whitney Elizabeth Houston was an American singer, actress, producer, and model, who was the most awarded female act of all time, according to Guinness World Records.

For Disney, she played the Fairy Godmother in the 1997 adaption of Cinderella. She also produced the 2001 Disney film, The Princess Diaries and its sequel, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement. She even produced the 2003 Disney Channel Original Movie, The Cheetah Girls and its sequel, The Cheetah Girls 2.

Trivia

Houston died on the birthday of her Cinderella co-star, Brandy Norwood, who turned 33-years-old that day.
She was considered for the role of Rita in Disney's 1988 movie Oliver & Company.
Houston's song "You Give Good Love" was heard over clips of classic Disney cartoons in the 1986 DTV special Disney's DTV Valentine (later renamed Disney's DTV Romancin').
One other song, "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Love's Me)", have been released as videos in a follow-up series, DTV².
Her cover of "I Will Always Love You" was featured at the start of Spider-Man: Far From Home.

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 {{Infobox Real Person
 |image = Whitney-houston.jpg
-|name = Whitney Houston
 |born = Whitney Elizabeth Houston<br>[[August 9]], [[1963]]<br>Newark, [[New Jersey]], [[United States]]
 |died = [[February 11]], [[2012]] (aged 48)<br>Beverly Hills, [[California]], United States
-|cause of death = Accidental drowning caused by [[Wikipedia:Cardiovascular disease|heart disease]] and [[Wikipedia:Cocaine|cocaine]] use
+|cause of death = Accidental drowning caused by [[Wikipedia:Cardiovascular disease|heart disease]] and [[Wikipedia:Cocaine|cocaine use]]
+|nationality = [[File:Flag of the United States.png|20px]] American
-|occupation(s) = Singer, actress, producer, and model
+|occupation(s) = Singer, actress, producer, model
 |years active = [[1977]]-2012
-|spouse = Bobby Brown ([[1992]]-[[2007]])
+|spouse = {{WikipediaLink|Bobby Brown}} ([[1992]]-[[2007]])
+|children = {{WikipediaLink|Bobbi Kristina Brown}} ([[1993]]-[[2015]])}}'''Whitney Elizabeth Houston''' was an American singer, actress, producer, and model, who was the most awarded female act of all time, according to {{WikipediaLink|Guinness World Records}}.
-|children = Bobbi Kristina
-||nationality = [[File:Flag of the United States.png|20px]] American}}'''Whitney Elizabeth Houston''' ([[August 9]], [[1963]] - [[February 11]], [[2012]]) was an American singer, actress, producer, and model who was the most awarded female act of all time, according to [[Wikipedia:Guinness World Records|Guinness World Records]].
-She played the [[Fairy Godmother (1997)|Fairy Godmother]] in the [[1997]] adaption of ''[[Cinderella (1997 film)|Cinderella]]''. She also produced the [[2001]] Disney film ''[[The Princess Diaries]]'' and its sequel ''[[The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement]]''.
+For [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]], she played the [[Fairy Godmother (1997)|Fairy Godmother]] in the [[1997]] adaption of ''[[Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella|Cinderella]]''. She also produced the [[2001]] [[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]] film, ''[[The Princess Diaries]]'' and its sequel, ''[[The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement]]''. She even produced the [[2003]] [[Disney Channel Original Movie]], ''[[The Cheetah Girls]]'' and its sequel, ''[[The Cheetah Girls 2]]''.
 ==Trivia==
-*Houston died on the birthday of her ''Cinderella'' co-star [[Brandy Norwood]], who turned 33 years old that day.
+*Houston died on the birthday of her ''Cinderella'' co-star, [[Brandy Norwood]], who turned 33-years-old that day.
+*She was considered for the role of [[Rita]] in Disney's [[1988]] movie ''[[Oliver & Company]]''.
+*Houston's song "You Give Good Love" was heard over clips of classic Disney cartoons in the [[1986]] ''[[DTV]]'' special ''Disney's DTV Valentine'' (later renamed ''Disney's DTV Romancin''').
+*One other song, "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Love's Me)", have been released as videos in a follow-up series, ''DTV²''.
+*Her cover of "I Will Always Love You" was featured at the start of ''[[Spider-Man: Far From Home]]''.
+==Disney Role==
+<gallery position="center" captionalign="center">
+Tumblr mxqbldhsOr1qz8i3wo1 1280.jpg|'''[[Fairy Godmother (1997)|Fairy Godmother]]'''<br>(''[[Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella]]'')
+</gallery>
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+[[Category:African American people]]
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+[[Category:Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella]]
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+[[Category:American people]]
+[[Category:Musicians]]
+[[Category:Touchstone Pictures]]
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