Watch SNL’s Tribute To Whitney Houston

Everyone at Saturday Night Live must have been as shocked as the rest of the world to get the news that Whitney Houston died today at the age of 48, only a day before she was supposed to appear at the Grammys, and when she was due at a party in just a few hours. Given the short notice, there wasn’t much time to prepare a proper tribute. Instead, they put up a still photo of Houston’s appearance on the show with Molly Shannon, who was in character as Mary Catherine Gallagher.

Should they have put up the photo at all? I think that they did the best they could under the circumstances, and seeing a photo of Whitney smiling and looking healthy on the show probably said more than a longer tribute would have.

Watch below via NBC:

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