Whitney Houston: Aretha Franklin, LeAnn Rimes pay tribute

Musical tributes to Whitney Houston will likely ramp up in the coming weeks and months as artists and the industry get a better handle on the pop titan?s tragic passing on Saturday. Yet already some affecting ones have started to appear.

Country veteran LeAnn Rimes offered a raw take on ?I Will Always Love You? at a Reno concert just hours after the singer was found dead in her hotel room in Beverly Hills. During the touching performance, video of which is below, she had to stop to recapture her composure, which she was able to regain at the encouragement of the audience. While "I Will Always Love You" became one of Houston's signature songs, it was penned by country legend Dolly Parton.

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