A Whitney Houston Hologram Is on the Way

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It was bound to happen eventually...

It was bound to happen eventually, but now it's official: A Whitney Houston hologram is on the way.

Hologram USA and Pat Houston -- President of the Whitney Houston Estate -- announced on Friday plans to create a hologram of the late singer, which will perform its own headlining show in 2016. According to a press release, the interactive show, created by FilmOn Studios, will open at "a major U.S. venue and tour the world," and will feature a selection of Houston's biggest hits.


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"It's a great opportunity for her fans to see a reinvention of one the most celebrated female artists in history and to continue a legacy of performances that will not be forgotten in years to come," Pat Houston said in a statement.

Houston is hardly the first late celeb to get the hologram treatment -- Tupac Shakur, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and Michael Jackson have all been hologram-ized in recent years, while plans for a Selena hologram tour were announced earlier this year.

Hologram USA also recently inked a partnership with the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York, which will make it the first U.S. venue with a long-term hologram stage. The first celebrity to appear will be Billie Holiday, later this year.


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The company is also currently working with the estates of Patsy Cline, Buddy Holly, Bing Crosby, and more.

Houston died tragically in February 2012 of accidental drowning in a bathtub at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Just three years later, in July 2015, Houston's 22-year-old daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, died in hospice care following a bathtub incident eerily reminiscent of her mother's death. 

Take a look back at Bobbi Kristina's best moments with her mom in the video below.