Whitney Houston's daughter fights with police after her mother's death
Top news here in San Francisco is about the death of singer Whitney Houston. (See yesterday's breaking news article here: Breaking: Whitney Houston dies, aged just 48)
Tonight at the Grammy Awards, Jennifer Hudson will perform a tribute to Houston.
Here in San Francisco there is an outpouring of grief. "It's very sad, she was so young and had such a beautiful voice," says San Francisco resident, Janet Reims.
Here are some facts that are emerging about the superstar's death:
* Houston was found dead by a member of her entourage at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Saturday. Despite CPR being performed on the singer, she was pronounced dead at 3.55pm.
* During a stage performance last night, her ex-husband, Bobby Brown, was visibly upset and had to stop the performance more than once to compose himself.
* Their marriage was rocky and it ended in divorce. At one point Whitney Houston claimed that Bobby Brown had assaulted her. Houston also became famous for saying she never smoked crack. She said she earned too much money to waste it on crack cocaine. She said, "Crack is whack."
* News souce, TMZ says that while no illegal drugs were found in Houston's room, Houston was taking Xanaz which causes drowsiness and that news source speculates that Houston fell asleep in the tub and possibly drowned.
* Houston was seen the night before out partying and reports, according to newser.com, are that Houston did not seem well. Conflicting reports are being mentioned by newser.com about how the superstar singer looked.
* The LA Times describes Houston as "visibly bloated" and acting "erratically," but CNN says that a music executive said Whitney Houston looked "healthy" and "happy."
* Whitney Houston's daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, yelled at police after they would not let her into her mother's room to see her mother's body, says TMZ.
* Houston was described on Thursday by Buzzfeed as appearing "belligerent." As Houston was leaving a club in Hollywood, she was seen with a cut on her wrist and seemed to have blood dripping down her leg.
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See an article on another recent death, that of Etta James, below.
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