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Beverly Hills police today confirmed the reports that singer Whitney Houston was unconscious and underwater when attendants entered her Beverly Hilton bathroom on Saturday afternoon. There is no criminal investigation, the BHPD says. Determination of why she died is now in the hands of the Los Angeles County Coroner's department, which conducted an autopsy yesterday and is now awaiting test results.
Meanwhile, last night's Grammy Awards had their largest television audience since 1984, the year Michael Jackson made such a big showing.
And some Whitney Houston reading on the local web: What Whitney Houston meant to a teenager living in South L.A., by Lakesha Townsend at the Zocalo Public Square website:
One day, about 25 years ago, I was listening to the radio station KGFJ when I heard a crystal-clear, powerful voice. The music that followed, about finding the greatest love of all, was the most touching song I’d ever heard....I was a teenager growing up in the projects of Watts, and every word of the song seemed to be ministering to me. I felt the love of God through it. The singer was someone by the name of Whitney Houston. Who was she?
Plus a Jewish Journal interview with a producer of "Sparkle," Houston's upcoming last film.
From the weekend:
Grammys and BAFTAs hand out hardware on Sunday night
Clive Davis party goes on: 'I am personally devastated'
Video: Good piece on Whitney Houston's career from Sam Rubin
Grammys post quick web tribute to Whitney Houston (with ads!)
Singer Whitney Houston has died at 48, publicist says *