I always liked her songs, and the body guard film, which really was rubbish but it was easy going and Kevin Costner was a bonus, I find it so so sad and such a waste, I saw her in concert once, but all she talked about was religion, and fetched her husband and her daughter, and any other member of family she could find, up on the stage, think she onlysang about four songs, after liking her for so long major disappointment , still in her day she was one of the best female singers we have seen, pity she didn't realise it,
I remember seeing her sing on a Des Oconnor show many years ago and she was amazing and didn't mime, I've just googled it to watch it again on utube, just to see how good she really was, but next to it was another clip of her at her worst, singing the same song, what a shock.
But may she rest in peace.