Whitney Houston autopsy to be performed in the next 24 hoursFebruary 12, 2012 - 20:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Los Angeles County coroner's office said Sunday, Feb 12, it is now in possession of Whitney Houston's body and that an autopsy should be performed in the next 24 hours, Los Angeles Times reported. Houston was found dead in a room at the Beverly Hilton hotel hours before she was set to attend a pre-Grammys gala. Authorities said they don't know how Houston, 48, died, but they said foul play does not appear to be involved. "There were no obvious signs of criminal intent," Beverly Hills Police Lt. Mark Rosen said. Both the L.A. County coroner's office and the Beverly Hills Police Department are investigating her death. Paramedics performed CPR for about 20 minutes before the pop star was declared dead. The Beverly Hills Fire Department said it was called to the hotel about 3:30 p.m. and Houston was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m. Houston's death cast a shadow over the Grammy Awards, which take place Sunday evening, and brought tributes to the singer from around the world. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |