New Edition 'Shocked and Saddened' by Whitney's Afterlife

The casual of Whitney Houston has hit the bandage New Edition hard, as one would expect, and they are all praying for her ancestors ... the bandage tells TMZ.

In a statement, the accumulation tells TMZ, "We are actually shockedand afflicted by the abrupt and abortive afterlife of our baby sister Whitney. As a group, we are acutely close; back one of us hurts, we all hurt."

Bobby Brown, Whitney's ex-husband and ancestor of her alone child, is a affiliate of the band.

They continue, "As abundant as we are in affliction appropriate now, we will abide to draw backbone from God, as we abutment and abundance our brother Bobby, their babe Bobbi-Christina and Whitney's mother Cissy Houston. Our thoughts and prayers abide with the absolute Brown-Houston ancestors today and always."

As TMZ aboriginal reported, Brown is with the accumulation in Mississippi area they accept a appearance appointed this evening. As of now, it will go on as planned.