Singer Whitney Houston Found Dead at 48

24 hours after she was seen leaving a L.A. nightspot disheveled. Whitney Houston has passed away. The once shining star of the pop and R&B world had success not only with music but also films at the top of her career.

Lt. Mark Rosen, of the Bevery Hills Police Department said. The Beverly Hills Police Department responded to an emergency call at the Beverly Hills Hotel Saturday, Members of hotel staff and fire department officials attempted to revive a person on the fourth floor, who has since been confirmed to be Houston.

There has been no official cause of death. We did get this report from our friends at MediaTakeOut.com

MediaTakeOut.com just learned that Whitney Houston DIED this afternoon. Early reports are that Whitney may have died of a drug overdose, and possibly a suicide!!!

We just got word that Whitney was found by her bodyguard named RAY. Despite earlier reports, Ray J was NOT WITH HER when she died.

Police have finally spoken out. They CONFIRMED that Whitney was found inside her hotel room with “an entourage.” The police claim that as of now, they do not believe that she was MURDERED!!!

They did not say however, how they believed, Whitney died.

This is a huge loss for the music community and all fans of R&B.