Sat., February 11, 2012 9:30pm (EST)

Whitney Houston Has Died

By Daoud Tyler-Ameen

Updated: 3 months ago

Whitney Houston, the Grammy-winning pop diva, has died, according to the Beverly Hills Police Department, which responded to a 911 call at the Beverly Hills Hilton.

Houston, 48, was one of the world's biggest-selling musical artists during a heyday that stretched from the mid-1980s through the late '90s and included such massive pop hits as "How Will I Know," "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" and "I Will Always Love You." The singer also made her mark on Hollywood, most notably with a starring role in the 1992 film The Bodyguard.

This past decade saw Whitney Houston's career and public image marred by public struggles with drug use and a stormy marriage to singer Bobby Brown. In 2009 she released I Look To You, her first album of new material since 2002.


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