Whitney Houston was an American singer and actress who was one of the best-selling musical performers of the 1980s and 1990s. She died on February 11, 2012, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, at the age of 48. Her cause of death was an accidental drowning in a bathtub, with heart disease and cocaine use as contributing factors. Houston was found dead in her hotel room just hours before she was due to perform at Clive Davis’ annual pre-Grammys party at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Her death was a terrible shock to her fans and the music industry. Houston had a history of drug use and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, which received widespread media coverage. Her daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, was only 18 years old at the time of her mothers death.