Franklin and Wonder to Sing at Houston’s Funeral

Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder will be among the mourners to sing at the funeral for Whitney Houston on Saturday at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, where she first began singing as a girl, her publicist, Kristen Foster, told The Associated Press. Clive Davis, the former head of Arista Records who discovered Ms. Houston, will speak at the service, and a eulogy will be given by the gospel singer and family friend Marvin Winans. Several other famed female singers will take part the service, among them Alicia Keys, Dionne Warwick and Kim Burrell. Though the service is private, it will be streamed online.