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Remembering Whitney Houston

Updated 12:09 PM ET, Wed February 11, 2015

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On February 11, 2012, singer Whitney Houston was found dead in a bathtub in a Beverly Hills, California, hotel. The Los Angeles County coroner later ruled that the 48-year-old's death was <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/04/showbiz/whitney-houston-toxicology/" target="_blank">an accidental drowning</a> with the "effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use" as contributing factors. Houston won six Grammys and sold 170 million albums, singles and videos over her career. Click through to see images from her life.
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On February 11, 2012, singer Whitney Houston was found dead in a bathtub in a Beverly Hills, California, hotel. The Los Angeles County coroner later ruled that the 48-year-old's death was an accidental drowning with the "effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use" as contributing factors. Houston won six Grammys and sold 170 million albums, singles and videos over her career. Click through to see images from her life.
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Houston poses with an American Music Award in 1986.
Photos: Remembering Whitney Houston
Houston poses with an American Music Award in 1986.
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Houston poses with her mother, Cissy Houston, in March 1987.