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"Whitney Houston&amp;#039;s family have expressed sadness that cocaine played a role in the singer&amp;#039;s death. Houston was found dead in a Beverly Hilton hotel bathtub at the age of 48 on February 11. The LA Coroner&amp;#039;s Office announced on Thursday (March 22) that Houston died of accidental drowning combined with effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use. The coroner also found that Houston had been a &amp;quot;chronic&amp;quot; cocaine user prior to her death. Marijuana, Xanax, Flexeril and Benadryl were also found in Houston&amp;#039;s system, but the coroner does not believe that they played a role in the &amp;#039;One Moment in Time&amp;#039; singer&amp;#039;s death. Whitney&amp;#039;s sister-in-law Patricia Houston has released a statement on behalf of the Houston family in reaction to the cause of death findings. &amp;quot;We are saddened to learn of the toxicology results, although we are glad to now have closure,&amp;quot; Patricia said.  Patricia had previously told Oprah Winfrey that she would be &amp;quot;kidding herself&amp;quot; to not admit that drugs played a role in Whitney&amp;#039;s downfall. &amp;quot;The handwriting was kind of on the wall,&amp;quot; she said of Whitney&amp;#039;s last few weeks. Whitney and Bobby Brown&amp;#039;s daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown also spoke about her mother&amp;#039;s passing during the same interview. Bobbi Kristina described Whitney as her &amp;quot;best friend&amp;quot; and said that she still feels the singer&amp;#039;s presence with her at all times. &amp;quot;I can hear her voice telling me to keep moving. &amp;#039;Baby, I gotcha&amp;#039;. She&amp;#039;s always with me. I can always feel her with me,&amp;quot; Bobbi Kristina said. It was reported last week that The Bodyguard will be re-released to US cinemas for one night only on March 28 in honor of Whitney&amp;#039;s memory. &amp;gt; Ray J rep: &amp;#039;Whitney Houston sex tape rumors are despicable&amp;#039; &amp;gt; Bobbi Kristina Brown not engaged to &amp;#039;adopted brother&amp;#039; Nick Gordon &amp;gt; Whitney Houston rumored boyfriend Ray J: &amp;quot;I really miss her&amp;quot; Watch Whitney Houston&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;One Moment in Time&amp;#039; music video below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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