Photos: Saying goodbye to Whitney Houston
Those closest to Whitney Houston Saturday filled the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey to say one final goodbye to the 48-year-old singer.
The Associated Press reports the three-and-a-half hour service ended with the song “I Will Always Love You.”
Houston died last week in Beverly Hills, California.
You can view pictures from outside of the church in the photo gallery above.
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