Grammy-winning pop legend and actress Whitney Houston was found dead in Beverly Hills. She was 48. The shock news came as the music industry gathered in Los Angeles for the annual Grammy awards show on Sunday February 12, 2012, and a few hours ahead of a traditional pre-Grammys dinner in the hotel where Houston died. File photo : ? Lionel Hahn/ABACA. 24626-87. Los Angeles-CA-USA. 25/03/2001. Vanity Fair Post Oscars Party at morton's. Pictured : Whitney Houston & Bobby Brown.