LOS ANGELES - Singer Whitney Houston is dead at the age of 48.
She died Saturday afternoon in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Beverly Hills police Lt. Mark Rosen says Houston died in her room on the fourth floor of the Beverly Hilton hotel at 3:55 p.m. Pacific time. Beverly Hills detectives are investigating. Rosen says "There were no obvious signs of any criminal intent at this time."
Houston died just hours before her mentor and music executive Clive Davis was to hold his annual pre-Grammy concert and dinner.
Her death is sure to cast a heavy pall on Sunday's Grammy Awards, a music industry showcase where she once reigned. She won multiple Grammys including album and record of the year.
Houston reigned as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown.
Among her hits were "How Will I Know," `'Saving All My Love for You" and "I Will Always Love You."
Her success carried her beyond music to movies like "The Bodyguard."
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