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The Late Whitney Houston Was The Year's Hottest Search

Whitney Houston in 2004.
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Whitney Houston in 2004.

The Feb. 11 sent her fans rushing to the Web, Google says in about things that "piqued your curiosity" in 2012.

Her name is atop Google's most-searched lists in three categories — general searches, people and performing artists.

Houston got more attention than "Gangnam style," "Hurricane Sandy," the presidential election and even "Kate Middleton pictures released."

Google notes that:

"While it might not be surprising to see that tragic natural disasters like Hurricane Sandy ranked highly (#3 on the global trending list), it is reassuring to find searches like [donate to Sandy] as well."

By the way, it appears many .

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