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If music industry is a family, then artists need better care

  February 14, 2012

Whitney Houston died in the arms of the recording industry. Her body was still in the Beverly Hilton when her mentor Clive Davis welcomed guests to his pre-Grammy party. The eulogizing continued through Sunday’s Grammy telecast. But at some point the recording industry - the self-described family that gathers at Grammy time - needs to ask itself why so many of its superstars are dying these lonely deaths. And it must do what it can to prevent them.

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