From the circumstances surrounding her final hours to her funeral to the private details of her last will and testament, Whitney Houston's death has been filled with the same sort of drama the last years of her life were: speculation, accusations, and garish tabloid cover photographs.

With so many "sources," quasi-celebrities, and media pundits name-dropping Whitney in order to further their own means, it's both heartbreaking and refreshing to hear what Dionne Warwick had to say about her cousin and close friend. Amid the rumors and gossip-rag fodder, Warwick

Warwick told Good Morning America that Houston's final days were filled with family, and that Houston was preparing for a comeback in music and movies:

I spoke to Whitney the day that she passed. I spoke to her that morning.