Whitney Houston to Be Buried Next to Dad

Whitney Houston

5:33 pm, February 17th, 2012

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Whitney Houston will be buried next to her father, John Russell Houston, Jr., who died in 2003.

The late singer will be laid to rest at the Fairview Cemetery in Westfield, NJ following funeral services at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark on Saturday.

Fifteen hundred guests are expected to attend the private services.

Oprah Winfrey and Kevin Costner are among the expected guests, with Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder set to sing.

Houston died last Saturday at 48.

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