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Follow Up of the Day: A security hold has been placed on the results of Whitney Houston’s autopsy pending toxicology results and “further testing,” meaning it could be several weeks before an official cause of death is released.

A coroner’s office spokesperson did confirm an earlier report by the Beverly Hills Police Department that Houston was found in her hotel room’s bathtub, but would not comment on the possibility that the singer drowned. Law enforcement sources familiar with the autopsy results told TMZ water was indeed found in Houston’s lungs.

According to TMZ’s sources, Houston, who was allegedly taking Xanax to deal with anxiety, may have fallen asleep in the tub while under the influence of the drug, as well as alcohol. A variety of prescription pill were found in the hotel room.

Earlier it was reported that Houston was found unconscious, fully submerged in water, by her hairdresser.

The unnamed woman had grown concerned when she realized that Houston had been in the bathroom a long time, and would be late for Clive Davis’s pre-Grammy party. Houston’s bodyguard pulled her out of the tub and attempted to perform CPR, but to no avail.

Paramedics arrived shortly thereafter and administered CPR for another 10 minutes before pronouncing Houston dead at 3:55 PM.

[eonline / tmz / photo: getty.]