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My life by Whitney Houston's side

Robyn Crawford was the best friend, personal assistant and lover of one of the biggest stars on the planet.

Robyn Crawford and Whitney Houston met as teenagers on a summer's day in 1980 and become inseparable for two decades. Robyn was Whitney Houston's personal assistant, for a while her lover, and always her closest friend. They toured the world together as Whitney became an international superstar. But Robyn also remembers witnessing Whitney's struggle with a drug addiction that would ultimately end her life. After years of silence Robyn finally opened up about their relationship in 2019 with her memoir A Song for You.

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Picture: (L-R) Whitney Houston and Robyn Crawford in the 1980s
Credit: Robyn Crawford

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Fri 5 Feb 2021 03:06GMT

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