Whitney Houston died from drowning, but drugs were a contributing factor in her death, said the L.A. coroners office last week. Houston’s official cause of death was accidental drowning, but cocaine, marijuana, and other drugs were found in her body, as well as evidence of heart disease. “The level of cocaine was not a lethal level,” chief coroner Craig Harvey told People.com. “But her death was complicated by chronic cocaine use and heart disease.” Assistant coroner Ed Winter said that the singer, 48, “could’ve passed out first” because of intoxication, or may have “had a heart attack and then drowned.” A complete autopsy report is due in a few weeks.
