Legendary pop singer Whitney Houston has died at age 48, representative Kristen Foster said Saturday night, CNN reported. The cause and location of her death was not immediately known.

Regarded as one of the most celebrated female acts of all time, Houston also enjoyed success acting in films such as "The Bodyguard" and "Waiting to Exhale." But her later career was overshadowed by drug use and her turbulent marriage to singer Bobby Brown.

At the height of her career in the 1980s and 90s she won many awards and enjoyed several number one singles and albums. In recent years drug use took its toll on the star and her voice -- once acknowledged as one of the finest in pop music -- was badly damaged.

(China.org.cn, CNTV February 13, 2012)

据美国有线电视新闻网报道，传奇的流行歌手惠特尼·休斯顿去世，享年48岁，她的经理人克里斯汀·福斯特周六晚证实了此消息。目前她的死因以及去世地点还未披露。

休斯顿被认为是最成功的女艺人之一，同时她也参演多部电影，比如《保镖》和《待到梦醒时分》。她的生涯后期因吸毒以及与歌手鲍比·布朗的坎坷婚姻而黯然失色。

她在事业高峰期的80和90年代曾荣获多项奖项，并且拥有诸多单曲和专辑销量冠军。她拥有公认的流行乐绝佳嗓音，但近年她的声音因吸毒而严重损害。