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GEROGIA (WALB) - On this day in 2012, world-renowned singer and actress Whitney Houston passed away at the age of 48. Houston was found unresponsive in the bathtub of her hotel room in Beverly Hills, California.

Her death was later ruled an accidental drowning, with heart disease and the effects of drug use listed as contributing factors.

Whitney Houston remains one of the best-selling music artists of all time, dominating the charts throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Her string of number-one hits included “I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” “Greatest Love of All,” and “Saving All My Love for You,” among many others.

Houston also found success on the big screen. She made her film debut in The Bodyguard, starring alongside Kevin Costner. The movie featured her iconic rendition of Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You,” which became one of the best-selling singles in music history.

Houston also had ties to the state of Georgia. She and her then-husband, singer Bobby Brown, shared a home in Alpharetta. Following her death, Houston was posthumously inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame.

That’s This Day in History for February 11.

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