By Jen Heger - Breaking Celebrity News Legal Editor

Whitney Houston's long time attorney, Bryan Blaney, is providing insight into the musical icon who tragically passed away last weekend, and he says the world has lost a true talent and he is grieving the loss of a treasured person in his life, Breaking Celebrity News is exclusively reporting.

The powerhouse attorney began working with Houston after her purse was seized by officials at the airport in Hawaii in 2000, after officials allegedly found less than an ounce of marijiuana. Houston wasn't apprehended over the incident because she got on a plane to San Francisco before cops could arrest her. The case was ultimately dismissed because of Blaney's work on behalf of his client.

"Whitney had a remarkable talent. I know she took care of a lot of people financially from family members to friends. Whitney was extremely generous and a truly loving person,” Blaney tells Breaking Celebrity News exclusively. “I'm just devastated by her death. The world knew her as a musical genius, but people need to remember, Whitney was a mother, daughter, sister and friend to many people, and those of us that knew her, are just deeply saddened by her death.”

As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, after months of sober living during 2011, Houston, who died Feb. 11 at age 48, had fallen off