(BBC):  American singer and actress Whitney Houston has died at the age of 48.
The cause and the location of her death were unclear, her publicist Kristen Foster told the AP news agency. A family spokesman confirmed the news yesterday. Regarded as one of the most celebrated female acts of all time, Houston also enjoyed success acting in films such as The Bodyguard and Waiting to Exhale.
But her later career was overshadowed by drug use and her turbulent marriage to singer Bobby Brown.
The peak of her success came with a string of hits in the 80s and early 90s.