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Celebrity Home Bike Tour Adds Beverly Hilton to Stops in Wake of Whitney Houston's Death
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Local tour company Bikes and Hikes LA has added the Beverly Hilton, where Whitney Houston's body was found, to their guided trip to celebrity homes, based on what they call in a statement, "the outpouring of emotion over Ms. Houston's death."
The company offers a number of tour options for your average visitor (or local!), and founder Danny Roman said of the Beverly Hilton addition that "We pride our tours on being as up to date and current as possible."
He added that "our Celebrity Homes bike tour will offer Whitney fans the chance to honor her memory in their own time and in their own way."
That might be true, but to profit off of Houston's death (not that the company is the first or, by any stretch, will it be the last) still comes across as a bit unseemly, since this doesn't even come under the guise of a tribute or memorial, but rather a chance to gawk. Houston's body, we'll all recall, was discovered on Saturday, and has not yet been laid to rest.
What do you think? Is it too soon to give tours leading to the place where Whitney died?
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