Whitney Houston Death: Final Partying hours, Ray J Fight Outlined Load photos
Whitney Houston's shocking
death Saturday progressed with several nights of
alcohol-fueled revelry and a struggle with on-again-off-again boyfriend / musician Ray J.
Houston's dead body was ready today be seen at a funeral for her family in New Jersey.
The singer was found dead underwater in a bathtub in her hotel suite at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, California.
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There were reports that there was not enough water in her lungs to have drowned her.
Houston's cause of death is unknown, but is believed to be a combination of prescription drugs and alcohol. A bottle of Xanax from Houston room, but in Los Angeles coroner's office representative publicly stated over the weekend that she has more prescription pill bottles in the room than a normal amount of people.
Reports Lorazepam and Valium also was in her hotel room.
The new reports about her final hours came after images showed the musician looking wasted during a two-night alcohol binge before she died. It also emerged that publication as a film crew waiting to interview Houston at her hotel were told:. "She's not ... she's dead"
Ironically, it was VH1 Pop-channel team is waiting to talk to her about "getting back on track" after her spiral into addiction several years ago. They were in a corridor outside her hotel room when Whitney stunned long time assistant Lynn Volkman burst out and told them to stop filming.
VH1 journalist Allison Samuels said: "She said, 'Whitney will not, is Whitney will not" and then finally said, "She's dead." '
Houston's barber - one of several members of her entourage in other parts of the fourth floor - found her with her face under the water and his legs in the air.
Whitney Houston corpse Wheeled Out of Hotel on a stretcher by police and Coroner
Other reports say the daughter Bobbi Kristina fell asleep in a bath at the same hotel the night before and had to get through security after friends raised the alarm. She was taken to a local hospital for her safety and was under suicide watch.
Prescription drugs, including Lorazepam, Valium and Xanax - are used as sleeping aids, and in order to facilitate anxiety - was said to have been found in the Whitney suite.
Pills, which they took of Michael Jackson before the assassination of former doctor Conrad Murray, may have a calming effect when mixed with alcohol. Houston's death on Saturday afternoon followed two wild boozy nights partying.
The singer entourage, which also included her stylist and two bodyguards, became worried when she had been in the bathroom for more than an hour.
The hairdresser cried when she went to check. One of the bodyguards pulled Whitney from the tub and tried to revive her, with the help of the hotel staff. But she was already cold.
An emergency call was made at 15:43 and ambulance personnel arrived two minutes later resumed resuscitation.
Houston was pronounced dead at 3:55 PT.
One of the last Times Whitney Houston was seen in public outside La Club, Were Drunk or High
She had been due to take part in the annual pre-Grammy Awards party thrown at the Hilton hours later by her 79-year-old mentor Clive Davis, the music mogul who launched his career at Arista Records. Bash went ahead as she lay dead upstairs.
Houston's body finally away from the hotel Sunday morning and put in a coroner van to Los Angeles County morgue for an autopsy autopsy examination. LA County coroner Ed Winter said: "There were no visible signs of trauma, and fraud is not suspected at this time."
He added that toxicology tests to determine if there are any drugs were in her system can take 6-8 weeks.
Whitney's death caused a flood of grief among relatives, friends and fans.
On Thursday night, she looked wild-eyed, disheveled and disoriented when she left Hollywood Tru nightclub, where she joined revelers at a pre-Grammy party thrown by singer Kelly Price.
She had scratches on her wrist and the blood ran down one leg. Whitney was spotted downing tequila at the party - and went berserk when she saw her on-off reality TV lover, singer and actor Ray J, 31, talks to former U.S. X Factor contestant Stacy Francis.
An onlooker said Whitney ran over to the talent show reject and shouted: "This is my husband. I'm a cougar. Bitch, get away from my husband." Ray J and Stacy tried to calm her down, saying they were family friends.
Houston continued to report yell at Stacy before shoving her in the forehead.
Ray J is bisexual, according to previous reports, and Whitney was also bisexual and had homosexual affairs with several women, according to ex-husband Bobby Brown in his autobiography and his sister.
She made a brief appearance on stage to perform a duet with host Kelly, 38. But she sounded nothing like powerhouse singers of old.
Witnesses who saw her leave, she said seemed "wasted".
And even if she stopped to sign autographs for fans, she was moody and reacted angrily when security guards tried to initiate her into her car.
A witness said: "It was sad because her fans noticed that she was really shaky. She was definitely not in control of himself."
Whitney went drinking again on Friday night, this time with friends in a bar at the Hilton. Spectators said the group was loud and boisterous.
The singer also showed erratic behavior during the day before her death.
On Thursday she was aimlessly wandering around the hotel lobby with soaking hair and mismatched clothes.
Security guards claimed she had been doing handstands in the pool. And a source said she appeared bloated and "smelled of alcohol and cigarettes." But at other times she was seen relaxing quiet poolside with her daughter Bobbi Kristina, 18.
Bobbi Kristina fixed a meeting between Whitney and British pop sensation Jessie J - a huge fan of the tragic star - on Friday.
But 24 hours before Whitney's death called her daughter Jessie - in California to perform at the pre-Grammy party - says her mother could not make it due to ill health.
But a seemingly nice Whitney spoke with her 78-year-old mother Cissy shortly before she died. And a few hours earlier she was talking with her cousin, the "Walk on by" the singer Dionne Warwick, 71, to ensure that they would be at the same table at Clive Davis party. Davis asked for a minute of silence at the party before declaring the need to continue.
He said: "Whitney was so full of life. She was so looking forward to tonight. She loved music and loved this night celebrating music.
"Whitney would have asked that the music goes on. And her family said, the show must go on." VH1's Allison told me Sunday night how she had interviewed Whitney many times and regarded her as a "sister-girlfriend".
But she said: "Five years ago I pre-wrote an obituary for her after a disturbing interview where she kept barking and was obviously high. I knew at that point that she would either get better or she would die.
"She was a classy woman when she had it together but would be a horrible potty mouth when she had not. So many people tried to help her, from Davis to Denzel Washington."
The cause of death will be determined by an autopsy and toxicology tests.
Police were yesterday searching the hotel suite, studying CCTV pictures and talking to guests to piece together Whitney's last moments. But they said there was no evidence of criminal intent. Her family said in a statement last night said:. "This is an unimaginable
tragedy and we will miss her terribly"
Saturday, 2:30 am: Guest in one room during Whitney's suite in the Beverly Hilton complains about water "pouring" through the roof.
Noon: Whitney cousin Dionne Warwick phones to check on measures pre-Grammy bash.
02:30: Whitney takes a bath as her bodyguard Ray watches outside.
15:15: Whitney talking on the phone to her mother Cissy. She does not think anything is wrong.
15:43: Ray worried that Whitney has been in the bath for an hour. One of her entourage investigate. An ambulance is called and arrives two minutes later.
