in los angeles, william lajeunesse, fox news. >> harris: 48 years old, what a voice.ger whitney houston has died. we've been getting information in just in the last little while, her publicist apparently had first given news of this to the associated press. the cause of death location of death, not known at this point. but her publicist saying that at age 48 whit thee houston had passed away. it is interesting that this happened on the eve of the grammys she reigned really in hollywood as premiere voice and took the grammys by storm so many years ago. each year for a decade people would look forward to her winning awards and to her performances there. amazing singer and performer dead. whitney houston, we know in recent years had some health problems. she had some drug use that were widely reported. reports of erratic behavior and tumultuous marriage to bobby brown, which broke up. they had a child together. but we've been following her career for decades and watching her just last few years. basically fell apart at the hands of drug use. then recently reports that sh

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in los angeles, william lajeunesse, fox news. >> and dorothy is a reporter with "in touch" magazine.hat are you hearing right now about this? let me just say that we just got a report in from the "l.a. times" that she did indeed die in los angeles at the beverly hilton hotel. what can you tell us? >> that's about all that we know right now. this is a developing story, we know that it just happened. it's an absolute tragedy. she has always struggled with drugs and alcohol so definitely makes you wonder what was behind the sudden death at age 48. she was just out in l.a. on thursday night at red carpet event with her daughter, bobbi christina posing for the cameras looking fine, back in the club she was danging, this is just thursday night two days ago. >> even though we've all heard about her drug use and misuse at the same time there was a comeback she did seem to be healthy. what do you think that this is attributed to? anything about what the cause of death might be? >> the thing is, you're right. she did have a come back she attempted a comeback in 2009 but -- >> we're looking liv