Whitney Houston Dead at 48

LAS VEGAS, NV ? SEPTEMBER 15: Singer Whitney Houston is seen performing on stage during the 2004 World Music Awards at the Thomas and Mack Center on September 15, 2004 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Emmy and Grammy award winning pop star Whitney Houston was reported dead this afternoon by her longtime publicist Kristen Foster. Houston was 48.

Whitney Houston through the…At the peak of her career in the 1980s and 1990s, Whitney Houston was one of the best selling artists in the world. Later years in her career would be marred by drug use as record sales plummeted in the 2000s.

According to radio personality Fast Freddy, in Los Angeles for the Grammy Awards, “At 3:23 Whitney was found unresponsive in her room & 911 was called. They arrived in 2 minutes and attempted to revive her. Whitney was pronounced dead at 3:55pm today on the 4th floor or The Beverly Hilton Hotel.”

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Freddy goes on to report that “LAPD said no foul play or drugs were found in her room. She was at the hotel for Clive Davis’ Annual Grammy Party tonight.”

No cause of death has been reported. Houston is survived by former husband Bobby Brown and one daughter.