At the top of her game, Whitney Houston 's talent was unmatched.
The How Will I Know singer - who would have turned 59 today - amassed a staggering £76million, but by the time she died in 2012, her fortune was gone after a years-long battle with addiction.
In 2009, Whitney came clean about her demons, admitting her drug use escalated after her marriage to Bobby Brown and hit 1992 movie, The Bodyguard.