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Perry was the first of Whitney Houston’s friends to eulogize her Saturday. “There was a grace that carried, a grace that carried her down from heaven through Miss Cissy Houston, a grace that brought her up through singing… This same grace led her all the way to the top of the charts, sold all of these albums and just done some amazing things, won all these awards. She sang for presidents. And there was a grace that kept on carrying her, and that’s one thing I know.”