Arts & Entertainment
Coroner's Report: Houston Died by Accidental Drowning
The Huffington Post reports that TMZ got a copy of the coroner's report, which states that the pop icon had cocaine in her system when she died in her California hotel room.
When music icon Whitney Houston was eulogized in the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark and laid to rest next to her father at Fairview Cemetary in Westfield, fans wanted to know how she died Feb. 11 in the hotel bathtub in her Hollywood hotel room.
According to a report in the Huffington Post, the report from the Los Angeles County Coroner's office ruled her death to be an accidental drowning. According to the report, the troubled singer, who had a home in Mendham, had traces of cocaine, marijuana, anti-anxiety drug Xanax, muscle relaxer Flexeril and allergy medicine Benedryl in her system at the time of her death. The Huffington Post report credits celebrity-gossip site TMZ with obtaining the report.
Now that the news is out, does it make easier to accept the Grammy-winning singers death at 48 years old? Let us know how you feel.
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