Death of Whitney Houston

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On February 11, 2012, American singer and actress Whitney Houston died of an accidental drowning in Beverly Hills, California, at age 48. Houston was found unconscious by her security guard Ray Watson and her personal assistant Mary Jones at the Beverly Hilton, submerged in the bathtub. Paramedics treated Houston at the scene around 3:30 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (UTC–8) and performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), but she was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m. The cause of her death was not immediately known; local police said there were "no obvious signs of criminal intent". On March 22, 2012, the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner's Office concluded that her death was from accidental drowning, which had been caused by the "effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use". Houston also had marijuana and several prescription medications in her system. At the time of her death, Houston had been planning for the release of her box-office film Sparkle and was set...

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