Last picture of Whitney Houston, leaving club Tru in Hollywood, California.
The 48-year-old singer was found submerged in a tub in her room at the Beverly Hilton on Feb 12, the night before the Grammy Awards. The release of autopsy findings ends weeks of speculation about what killed her.
Los Angeles County Coroner's spokesman Craig Harvey said the cause of death was accidental drowning due to the effects of heart disease and cocaine use.
Cocaine and its byproducts were found in her system, and it was listed as a contributing factor in her death. He said the results indicated Houston was a chronic cocaine user.
He said toxicology tests also showed cannabis, the anti-anxiety medication Xanax, a muscle relaxant Flexeril, and the anti-histamine Benadryl in Houston's system, but found that they did not contribute to her death.
No trauma or foul play were suspected in the entertainer's death, he said.
Bottles of prescription medication had been found in the hotel room, but not in large numbers, and those drugs played no part in the singer's death. No cocaine was found in the hotel room.
The official cause of death was given as drowning and effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use. The coroner's office said the death was an accident.
According to the toxicology report: Cocaine and metabolites were identified and were contributory to the death. Marijuana, Alprazolam (Xanax), Cyclobenzaprine (Flexeril) and Diphenhydramine (Benadryl) were identified but did not contribute to the death.
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...before-accidentally-drowning-in-her-bath.html
It's not surprising but still a shame and a great loss.
