If you’re just emerging from a weekend of hiding from TV, radio, Internet or social contact, you’re probably hearing that Whitney Houston died on Saturday. Though her recent past had been marred by drug use and erratic behavior, Houston is being remembered for a number of her memorable performances, two of which took place in the District.

On October 3, 1997, Houston performed a show at the newly renovated DAR Constitution Hall. Classic Whitney Live from Washington, D.C. was taped and aired as an HBO special two days later, and over $300,000 in proceeds from ticket sales were donated to the Children’s Defense Fund. During the shows, Houston performed for 2,500 people and alongside a 35-piece band and orchestra with string section. Though she performed sparingly in later years, the 1997 shows were amongst the last notable ones of her career, and the last in the District. (A 1999 show as part of her My Love Is Your Love World Tour was cancelled.)

Also, as the Post’s Reliable Source noted over the weekend, in 1994 Houston performed at a White House state dinner for South African President Nelson Mandela.