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The Latest on Whitney Houston's Death from Beverly Hills Patch

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Beverly Hills Patch has been following the death of six-time Grammy Award winner Whitney Houston since her body was discovered in her hotel room over the weekend.

Cause of death has yet to be determined.

Whitney Houston last performed in Minnesota at the Target Center back in 1994 as part of "The Bodyguard Tour."

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Below are the most recent updates from local editor Marie Cunningham.

We also have coverage from Newark, NJ, where Whitney Houston was born and began her musical career.

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The only child of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, Bobbi Kristina Brown, collapsed at the same Beverly Hills hotel where her mother died.

Hundreds gathered at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark early Sunday to , who began her public singing career as a member of the church's junior gospel choir at age 11.

 

The deceased pop star appears in the film "Sparkle," which is slated for release in August.

 

Singer praised for her soaring voice and her role as a model for black women, despite her later problems with drug abuse.

 

There is no word on whether she drowned, overdosed or died of other causes. 

BHPD reports the singer, who famously battled drug addiction, died at the Beverly Hilton Saturday afternoon

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