Video: Grammy Awards 2012: Stars honour Whitney Houston There is no way around this. We've had a death in our family," said host LL Cool Jay, who started the show at Los Angeles' Staples Center with a prayer for Houston. Midway through the three and half hour show, Jennifer Hudson took to the stage to sing a rendition of "I Will Always Love You," ending her song with the words, "We Will Always Love You, Whitney." Houston died on Saturday at the Beverly Hilton hotel, hours before she was due to attend Clive Davis's pre-Grammy party there.