News: Whitney Houston Dies at 48 Seattle Post-Intelligencer Copyright 2012 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 07:43 p.m., Saturday, February 11, 2012 Whitney Houston, the Grammy-winning pop diva and actress whose career was marred in recent years by drug abuse, has died. According to Beverly Hills police, authorities responded to a call to the Beverly Hilton hotel, where Houston was found unconscious. Known as "The Voice," Houston, a New Jersey native, daughter of gospel singer Cissy Houston and cousin of Dionne Warwick, rose to fame in the mid-'80s with her powerful vocals. Houston scored her biggest hit - and signature song - in 1992 with her stirring cover of Dolly Parton's ...