Early Speculation on what killed Whitney...

Fox News has this report about the possible causes of Whitney Houston's death. Sadly, it appears yet another star has died because of improper use of prescription drugs. Just think how many everyday Americans are suffering the same fate without all the publicity... WHEN WILL SOMETHING BE DONE?

Whitney Houston's body is taken from her hotel room on Feb 11, 2012.

Bottles of prescription drugs were found in the  Beverly Hills Hilton hotel room where Whitney Houston's lifeless body was  discovered Saturday afternoon just hours before a huge Grammy party she was to  attend, a report says.

Police discovered "various pill bottles" in  Houston's room, TMZ reported, adding that family members said Houston had  been taking the prescription drug Xanax, which is often used to treat  anxiety.

When combined with alcohol, Xanax can cause  drowsiness. Houston was reportedly found in her bathtub -- TMZ says her head was  underwater -- and could not be revived by paramedics after being removed from  the tub.

No alcohol was found in the preliminary sweep of  Houston's room, TMZ reports, but there were multiple reports that Houston had  been drinking with friends the night before at the hotel.

Houston had also attended rehearsals for the Grammys  on Thursday, coaching singers Brandy and Monica, according to a person who was  at the event but was not authorized to speak publicly about it. The person said  Houston looked disheveled, was sweating profusely and liquor and cigarettes  could be smelled on her breath.

She was also observed behaving "erratically" earlier  in the week at a Los Angeles club, according to multiple reports.

Houston's body was removed from the hotel early  Sunday morning ,hours after the Grammy awards party she was there to attend had  taken place four floors below her room. Her body was taken to the L.A. County  coroner's office, where an autopsy will be performed to determine her cause of  death.

Houston was 48.

Once pop music's undisputed queen, her voice and  image had been ravaged by decades of drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous  marriage to singer Bobby Brown.

Houston's death on the eve of the Grammy Awards sent  shock waves through the music industry, with many stars expressing shock and  sadness.

Brown reportedly broke down backstage before a show  with his band New Edition in Southhaven, a few miles south of Memphis.

Brown skipped the first song of the concert, but  appeared onstage for the second. He shouted, "I love you, Whitney. The hardest  thing for me to do is to come on this stage." He then blew a kiss to the sky  with visibly teary eyes.

Aretha Franklin, her godmother, said in a short  statement: "I just can't talk about it now. It's so stunning and unbelievable. I  couldn't believe what I was reading coming across the TV screen."

Houston's death will likely put a damper on Sunday's  Grammy awards, music's biggest night of the year. Jennifer Hudson and Chaka  Khan will perform a tribute to Houston at the awards, according to reports.

Grammy executive producer Ken Erhlich said event  organizers believed Hudson -- an Academy Award-winning actress and Grammy  Award-winning artist -- could perform a "respectful musical tribute" to Houston,  the Los Angeles Times reported.

"It's too fresh in everyone's memory to do more at  this time, but we would be remiss if we didn't recognize Whitney's remarkable  contribution to music fans in general, and, in particular, her close ties with  the Grammy telecast and her Grammy wins and nominations over the years," Ehrlich  told the newspaper.

At her peak, Houston was the golden girl of the  music industry. From the middle 1980s to the late 1990s, she was one of the  world's best-selling artists. She wowed audiences with effortless, powerful, and  peerless vocals that were rooted in the black church but made palatable to the  masses with a pop sheen.

Her success carried her beyond music to movies,  where she starred in hits like "The Bodyguard" and "Waiting to Exhale."

She had the perfect voice, and the perfect image: a  gorgeous singer who had sex appeal but was never overtly sexual, who maintained  perfect poise.

"Six-time Grammy winner Whitney Houston was one of  the world's greatest pop singers of all time who leaves behind a robust musical  soundtrack spanning the past three decades," Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The  Recording Academy said in a statement.

"Her powerful voice graced many memorable and  award-winning songs. A light has been dimmed in our music community today, and  we extend our deepest condolences to her family, friends, fans and all who have  been touched by her beautiful voice," he said.

Houston influenced a generation of younger singers,  from Christina  Aguilera to Mariah  Carey, who, when she debuted, sounded so much like Houston that many thought  it was Houston.

But by the end of her career, Houston became a  stunning cautionary tale of the toll of drug use. Her album sales plummeted and  the hits stopped coming; her once-serene image was shattered by a wild demeanor  and bizarre public appearances. She confessed to abusing cocaine, marijuana and  pills, and her once pristine voice became raspy and hoarse, unable to hit the  high notes as she had during her prime.

"The biggest devil is me. I'm either my best friend  or my worst enemy," Houston told ABC's Diane  Sawyer in an infamous 2002 interview with then-husband Brown by her  side.

Houston staged what seemed to be a successful  comeback with the 2009 album "I Look To You." The album debuted on the top of  the charts, and would eventually go platinum.

Things soon fell apart. A concert to promote the  album on "Good Morning America" went awry as Houston's voice sounded ragged and  off-key. She blamed an interview with Winfrey for straining her voice.

A world tour launched overseas, however, only  confirmed suspicions that Houston had lost her treasured gift, as she failed to  hit notes and left many fans unimpressed; some walked out.

Canceled concert dates raised speculation that she  may have been abusing drugs, but she denied those claims and said she was in  great shape, blaming illness for cancellations.

The Associated Press and Newscore contributed to  this report.

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