Whitney Houston dead at 48
Whitney Houston, the Grammy Award-winning singer of such hits as I Wanna Dance With Somebody and I Will Always Love You, the latter of which was featured on the soundtrack for the film The Bodyguard (in which she also starred) and holds the record for best-selling single by a female artist, has died. She was 48 years old.
The cause of her death is as yet unconfirmed, her publicist Kristen Foster said.
Houston died at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, where she was found by medical personnel on Saturday. She was in Los Angeles for a musical tribute to Clive Davis. (Photo: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)
