Houston died from drowning – coroner
Los Angeles – Coroner’s officials have ruled Whitney Houston died by drowning, but heart disease and cocaine use were contributing factors.
The announcement on Thursday ends weeks of speculation about what killed the Grammy-winning singer on February 11.
of her room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on the eve of the Grammy Awards.
Several bottles of prescription medications were found in her hotel room, but coroner’s officials said they weren’t in excessive quantities.
Coroner’s spokesperson Craig Harvey says cocaine metabolites were found in Houston’s system, and it was listed as a contributing factor in her death. He says the results indicated Houston was a chronic cocaine user.
