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Whitney Houston's funeral planned for Friday?

Feb 13, 2012, 19:10 GMT

Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston's funeral may take place as early as Friday (17.02.12)

The 'Million Dollar Bill' hitmaker's body has now left the Los Angeles County Morgue, where it will be transferred to a funeral home and be taken into the possession of her family, TMZ.com reports

It is then expected it will be taken via private jet to Newark, New Jersey, where she was raised.

According to CNN, the funeral will then take place later this week.

A source told the news channel: 'A funeral service will be held there either Friday or Saturday.'

Whitney - who died in a room at the Beverly Hilton hotel on Saturday (11.02.12) - first found her voice in the local area performing at the Hope Baptist Church in Newark, where she also learned to play the piano.

Mourners have been heading to the church since her death, with local Shawn Cooper saying yesterday (12.02.12): 'The Houston family means a lot to this community, they have done a lot for this community, and being there for them is the best thing we can do as a community today.'