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>> a very memorable moment in the career of whitney houston performing the "star-spangled banner" for the super bowl xxi years ago. her death brings to mind her incredible talent as well as her struggle with drug addiction. she was just 48. houston was discovered in her bathtub by a member of her staff at the beverly hills hotel saturday afternoon. she was underwater and unconscious. first responders were immediately called but could not revive her and she was pronounced dead at the scene. according to assistant chief coroner fred winter, there were prescription drugs in her home, but less tha...

And harris, one thing that i wanted to talk about that's also important in addition to the autopsy itself also-- >> casey, i'm he going to cut in. casey, will the me cut in, the los angeles coroner's office now stepping to the mic. let's listen. >> okay, is everybody ready? okay. and ed winter assistant chief l.a. county department of coroner. we have concluded the autopsy on miss whitney houston. it was concluded today there will be no cause of death at this time because it is pending toxicology and that could take up to six to eight weeks. at this time her cause of death is deferred and we a...

The body and they look, obviously, for any markings on the exterior if there was a sign of foul play, blows to the skin, bruising, things like that and look at internal organs. reporting that she may have drown in her hotel room bathtub, obviously, looking at her lungs to see if there's water in her lungs. reports then that blood be and tissue samples are collected and then sent off to an independent laboratory for testing. and that is what is so crucial here, because it would detect drug use. illegal or prescription or the presence of alcohol and if those things are present in lethal doses, a...

L.a. county coroner's office. this is assistant chief coroner ed winter talking about the results of the autopsy on whitney houston. >> is that story true? >> i had a conversation with the family at the hotel, and at no time did i discuss prescription meds or the drowning issue. i don't know if the detectives discussed that with the family, but no, we have not released any information like that. the case is still pending. we're waiting for talks, histopathology and toxicology and the investigation's ongoing. >> so, is the report that you ruled out drowning because there wasn't enough water dis...