Police release Whitney Houston 911 call audio

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The 911 call made the day Whitney Houston died has been released, now that police have "officially closed" the case due to their findings and the coroner's report stating she accidentally drowned, said Beverly Hills police on Wednesday (April 11).

The call was made by a hotel security guard.

Houston, 48, who had a long history of drug abuse, was found dead on February 11.

The final coroner's report said white powder, along with a spoon, mirror and rolled-up paper, were found in the Beverly Hilton hotel bathroom where Houston died hours before she had been due to attend a pre-Grammy party.

Houston's naked body was found by an assistant face down in the tub after she was left alone for about an hour, the coroner's report said.

Houston was one of the world's best known singers in the 1980s and 1990s with hits like "I Will Always Love You" and "Saving All My Love For You." But her career declined during her drug-fueled, 15-year marriage to singer Bobby Brown.

She was last known to have entered drug rehab in May 2011 but celebrity media reported that she had been seen drinking heavily and behaving erratically in the three or four days before her death.

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