Whitney Houston Funeral Date & Time: To be Broadcast Live Online

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Whitney Houston Funeral

Late pop queen Whitney Houston will be laid to rest on Saturday (February 18, 2012) after an invitation-only memorial service at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey. After the funeral service she will be laid to rest at Fairview Cemetery.

Whitney Houston died on February 11, 2012 in a Beverly Hills hotel room, and her cause of death has yet to be determined.

Some of the celebrities who will be attending the invite-only funeral service include: Alicia Keys, Clive Davis, Aretha Franklin, Tyler Perry, Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, Kim Burrell, Rickey Minor, Donnie McClurkin, Marvin Winans and Cece Winans, L.A. Reid, Brandy and Ray J.

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According to Reuters, other top names taking part in the service include Elton John, Beyonce and rapper Jay-Z, Oprah Winfrey, Bill Cosby and Kevin Costner.

Police plan to lock down the streets near Saturday’s private funeral and have said there will be no procession from the funeral home since she is resting in the church. They have urged the thousands of fans expected to crowd the area to stay home and watch the funeral which will be broadcast live.

How can you watch the service?

• CNN will air the funeral live starting at 11:30 a.m. ET/8:30 PT. Piers Morgan, Soledad O’Brien, and Don Lemon will anchor the network’s coverage, which will start at 11 a.m.

• E! News will be hosting a special report, Whitney Houston: The Funeral, at 11:30 a.m. ET/8:30 PT, USA Today reports. The network will also be posting live updates to its Twitter feed, and will simulcast their network coverage. BET’s special, Live: The Homegoing of Whitney Houston, will also air at 11:30 a.m. ET/8:30 PT.

• Some websites that will be live-streaming the services include: wsbtv.com, cnn.com/live, livestream.com/aplive, foxnews.com and more.

Also, the Washington Post reports that the flags at New Jersey’s government buildings will be flown at half-mast on Saturday.