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My friend, Whitney

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    Boyz II Men's Nathan Morris reflects of the life and legacy of Whitney Houston

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Leaves the music world in shock friends and fellow musicians have been paying tribute to Houston.

Last night an outpouring of love -- the Grammy Awards and tonight the tributes continue.

Singer Nathan Morris is a member of the Grammy winning R&B group Boyz II Men he joins us by phone.

Good evening Nathan and and I know that day you like everybody outs is shocked and then day and acting grief about those.

Yeah it's it is it's -- it's just still it's I mean you know we use.

Met on several occasions throughout the years and always had great you know course ship and we know we always talks about music and -- and even battled each other friendly on the charts and things like that soldier to have some.

Agassi and icon and such an angelic voice be gone wherever it's it's very hard deal.

She's so good was it to -- to sit in eight talent visited desire wasn't training what made her so good.

I think it was I think it was just a -- that she had that type of talent that was able to take a song.

And deliver it -- when you'd.

-- producers like Jimmy Jam and Terry -- and -- -- to write great songs every artists don't always know how to deliver on.

And she always made you believe everything that she put her voice on the lot of artists are not able to do that.

If she's -- -- troubled life BI and have been ups and dot fifth followed three effort.

Two decades -- I guess in in many ways and many people aren't surprised about this.

Yeah I mean you know it is it is kind of -- when you when you know that I'm alive and keep doing when you when you have that tackles are just a -- -- -- you -- -- how to talk to to be in a situation where you can live a normal life.

Some people able to deal with -- some people not some -- they have been able to surround them and some people are able to fight through that.

I mean I don't have a lot to do that the -- -- self esteem I believe and in some location it's gonna get caught up -- very difficult site.

-- -- is sort of this but I relation but there that.

You -- a CNN day at the end of the road was the number one and suddenly she came along should be she knocked you off the charts.

Yeah it's funny because in -- -- was a song that knocked out Elvis Presley and The Beatles were number one all time on billboard.

And we never thought that will be broken and then she came out just contract an adult wasn't it great -- -- she -- -- -- gave a great performance.

And the bodyguard movie as well -- soundtrack was part of -- You know we -- -- which each other and passionate Grammy Awards -- music -- -- -- -- -- -- -- and you know Tokyo we've got to get it back -- different things like that sort of it was just.

But for a relationship -- And I should say that says she did not -- up but the new knocked her out again that well make love -- is your final set.

Yet you she'd act you -- -- first the -- knocked her out of -- first back.

Yeah it was it was a friendly fight I mean we don't do it with -- Big desk but that yet those chemical.

That's a very is a very does is huge disappointment for the fans and also for the music world that -- I was hoping that to be very different for Whitney Houston.

Nathan thank you.

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