"Whitney Houston was on the verge of a comeback when she was found unresponsive in her Beverly Hilton hotel room in February 2012. The 48-year-old had been in Los Angeles with plans to attend a pre-Grammys party and had just <a href=""http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/13/whitney-houston-what-we-know-what-questions-remain-2/?iref=allsearch"">performed an impromptu duet</a> two days before her sudden death. An autopsy showed that the music icon drowned face-down in a tub of water about 12 inches deep; the drowning was ruled as accidental, with the ""effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use"" listed as contributing factors."
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