Singing superstar Whitney Houston dies at 48

Cause of death unknown

Whitney Houston, singing superstar  dies at 48. Whitney ruled as pop music's queen in the mid 1980's and early 1990's died Saturday on the eve of the Grammy Awards. She had been expected to attend a pre-Grammy gala but was found dead hours before the event in the bathtub of the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel. Paramedics attempted to revive Houston, but were unsuccessful.

Beverly Hills police Lt. Mark Rosen told reporters outside the Beverly Hilton that Houston was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m. in her room on the fourth floor of the hotel. A coroner's van left the hotel with Houston's body in the early hours of Sunday, NBC News reported.

"There were no obvious signs of any criminal intent."