Oprah Cries During Interview With Whitney Houston’s Sister-In-Law

Patricia said she’d just finished a few chores when she went to see the I Will Always Love You singer in her suite at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, where she was to attend Grammy-related festivities that weekend.

“I headed down the hallway ... I heard screaming,” Patricia recalled, sobbing. “I saw Whitney’s makeup artist Mary drop to her knees and I knew something was wrong. I was just numb. I walked. I told her to dial 911.

“I got close, and I turned the corner, Mary was at the door, and she is screaming ‘Oh my God!’ I told her to stop and I said, ‘Calm down."'

Patricia said Whitney’s security guard Ray gave everything he had to try and help the fallen singer.

“When I got into the room I saw Ray trying to revive her to the point of exhaustion. I said, ‘Ray!’ -- the paramedics were coming in at that point -- I said, ‘Ray let it go.’ He said, ‘I tried.’ He was so out of breath, I felt so badly for him.”

Patricia said she saw Whitney lying in the bathtub, looking at peace.

“I don’t know how she got there -- paramedics had to pull her out of the tub and were trying to revive her,” Patricia said, noting she struggled to leave the room during their resuscitation efforts.

“I saw them cover her up and I knew that was it. I knew that was it. Just looking at her and watching that I still could not believe it I could not believe it.”