Coroner says Whitney Houston accidentally drowned in bathtub

I always felt in my heart that Whitney had died from some sort of heart complication. I felt like Dionne did, her heart just gave out. I think after all those years of abuse, her heart just could not take it anymore. I will miss her dearly, because i was so hoping she would beat her addiction, but I am glad that it was not a complete overdose as some had predicted. Rest in Peace Whitney Elizabeth Houston, gone but not forgotten!!

The singer suffered from cardiac disease and could have had a heart attack before drowning, officials say. Cocaine is listed as a contributing factor in the death.

Singer Whitney Houston appears to have suffered a heart episode before accidentally drowning in the bathtub of a Beverly Hills hotel suite, according to coroner's officials who listed cocaine use as a contributing factor.

The autopsy results were released Thursday after weeks of intense speculation over how the 48-year-old pop star died. The case marks another high-profile Hollywood death connected to drug use, coming less than three years after Michael Jackson died suddenly at his Holmby Hills mansion. Jackson's death resulted from use of a surgical anesthetic for sleep, and his doctor was later convicted of involuntary manslaughter.

Houston had battled drug addiction for years, and the coroner's office found traces of several drugs — including marijuana, the anti-anxiety medication Xanax, the muscle relaxant Flexeril as well as Benadryl — in her system. But the coroner's office concluded that those drugs did not contribute to her death.

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