Singer Whitney Houston died of accidental drowning due to the effects of cocaine use and heart disease, a Los Angeles County coroner’s spokesman said yesterday.
Houston (48) was found dead in the bathtub of her Beverly Hills hotel room on February 12th, the night before the Grammy Awards. An autopsy into her death found that the cause of death was accidental drowning due to the effects of heart disease and cocaine use, Los Angeles county coroner’s spokesman Craig Harvey said. Toxicology tests also turned up marijuana, an anti-anxiety medication, a muscle relaxant and anti-histamine in Houston’s system but found that they did not contribute to her death, said Mr Harvey. No trauma or foul play were suspected, the coroner’s office said – (Reuters)