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Detroit Pastor Marvin Winans Will Deliver Whitney Houston Eulogy

DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - Detroit-based gospel music legend Marvin Winans will deliver the eulogy for Whitney Houston at her private funeral Saturday in Newark, New Jersey.

Winans is pastor of Perfecting Faith Church in Detroit. He married Houston and Bobby Brown in 1992.

The Winans and Houston families have been close for years. Whitney Houston performed with Marvin Winans' sister and brother, CeCe and BeBe Winans.

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