We love you Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston became a trailblazer the moment she first stepped in and seized the spotlight. In 1992, Ms. Houston released a cover of Dolly Parton’s 1974 Jolene single that would not only break Billboard records by topping the Hot 100 chart for 14 consecutive weeks, but also become the best-selling single of all-time by a female artist. The incomparable smash would unfortunately be the last message left on the late singer’s tombstone, as it was etched on there last week. Houston, who passed away in February 2012, was laid to rest next to her father at Fairview Cemetery in Westfield, N.J. The 48-year-old pop queen died on the night of February 11, 2012 after drowning in her bathtub, with cocaine use and heart disease as contributing factors. Her headstone includes a teardrop-shaped engraving with an epitaph that reads: “Whitney E. Houston Aug. 9, 1963 – Feb. 11, 2012 ‘THE VOICE’ ‘I will always love you’.” This comes just two weeks shy from what would have been the legendary songstress’ 49th birthday