LOS ANGELES (AP) — Whitney Houston died from drowning
in a hotel bathtub, but coroner's officials said Thursday that heart
disease and chronic cocaine use were contributing factors to the
singer's death.
The release of autopsy findings Thursday ends
weeks of speculation about what killed the Grammy-winning singer on Feb.
11 on the eve of the Grammy Awards.Houston was found submerged in the bathtub of her room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel and her death has been ruled as accidental. Several bottles of prescription medications were found in her hotel room, but coroner's officials said they weren't in excessive quantities.
Beverly Hills police said in a statement there was no evidence of wrongdoing in connection with Houston's death.