Whitney Houston’s Childhood Church to Host Private Funeral

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A view of The New Hope Baptist Church, where a makeshift memorial for the late singer Whitney Houston is growing, is seen in Newark, N.J., on Wednesday. A private funeral for Houston will be held on Saturday in her hometown of Newark, at the same modest New Jersey church where the R&B vocalist honed her singing skills on her way to becoming one of the biggest pop stars of her generation