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Top 5 at 5: Coverage of Whitney Houston's death

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Each day, we bring you a list of Top 5 stories. Sometimes they're the most read stories of the day, other times we focus on a specific region or category.

Coverage of the pop music queen's passing dominated the headlines. Four of the five most-read stories on CBCNews.ca involved Whitney Houston's death. Here are the top 5 Whitney Houston stories from Sunday.

Check out our first entry for links to other related stories, including video clips from CBC News Network.

1) Whitney Houston's family 'devastated' by loss

The family of Whitney Houston, who died suddenly this weekend, has issued a statement calling her death both "devastating" and an "unimaginable tragedy," just as news broke that Houston's daughter was taken to hospital.

Read more.

2) Whitney Houston: A Timeline

The ups and downs of Whitney Houston's career.

Read here at CBC Music.

3) LISTEN: The Music of Whitney Houston

We've put together a playlist of Whitney Houston's best, including all of her Canadian number ones.

Listen at CBC Live.

4) PHOTOS: Musicians who died before their time

Performers who have died young but left a cultural legacy

See the gallery here.

5) Whitney Houston's death sparks chorus of grief

Regular music fans and superstar performers joined together in a chorus of grief Saturday night upon hearing that Whitney Houston had died at age 48 on the eve of the Grammy Awards.

Read more.

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