Report: Whitney Houston's body to be flown to New Jersey

The body of famed songstress Whitney Houston will be flown to New Jersey, reports say.

The celebrity gossip site TMZ reports Houston, 48, allegedly died from a drug overdose, not drowning.

L.A. County Coroner officials allegedly have told Houston's family that she died from a combination of Xanax and other prescription drugs mixed with alcohol.

Houston was found unresponsive in a bathtub Saturday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in California.

Houston, whose powerful voice fueled multiple No. 1 hits in the '80s and '90s, lived in Atlanta for many years with then-husband Bobby Brown. She is originally from New Jersey.

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