but first, we ll also be in contact with the family and give them our findings. the sidewalk outside the hotel where she died is now a makeshift memorial filled with flowers, candles and cards bearing whitney s name. a name also spoken in prayer and reference at last night s grammy awards. there is no way around this, we ve had a death in our family. i just want to say to whitney up in heaven, we all love you, whitney houston. it was certainly an emotional night for music s biggest night there at the grammys. nbc correspondent jeff rossen joins me now with the very latest on the investigation from los angeles. jeff? reporter: hey, thomas. here at the l.a. county coroner s office, we have news about the autopsy of whitney houston s body. it is now complete, but they will not release the official cause of death yet, awaiting the toxicology report. and it really all comes down to that now, doesn t it? did whitney houston have drugs in her system at the time of her deat
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contact with the family and give them our findings. the sidewalk outside the hotel where she died is now a makeshift memorial filled with flowers, candles and cards bearing whitney s name. a name also spoken in prayer and reference at last night s grammy awards. there is no way around this, we ve had a death in our family. i just want to say to whitney up in heaven, we all love you, whitney houston. it was certainly an emotional night for music s biggest night there at the grammys. nbc correspondent jeff rossen joins me now with the very latest on the investigation from los angeles. jeff? reporter: hey, thomas. here at the l.a. county coroner s office, we have news about the autopsy of whitney houston s body. it is now complete, but they will not release the official cause of death yet, awaiting the toxicology report. and it really all comes down to that now, doesn t it? did whitney houston have drugs in her system at the time of her death? and if so, what were they
disoriented. joining me is allison samuels from the daily beast and newsweek and alicia corals. good morning to you. allison, i ll begin with you. you were at the hotel what houston died. what do you know about her final moments? not a lot is known about her final moments except that she was about to do an interview with vh 1. i was in the room where they were filming behind the music. whitney was supposed to come directly to do behind the music on brandy. they were already set up for her. they were waiting on her. her assistant had come down probably an hour before to say okay, she s coming. are you ready for her? and 30 minutes later, we get a knock on the door saying she can t make it, she s not coming. she s dead. wow. the complete everybody was in shock. because literally, 30 minutes before we were waiting for her. i was going to say hello, i haven t seen her for a while and have a chat. 30 minutes later, her assistant who was in shock, you could hear
to get through the shock? my understanding is there wasn t really enough time. people were already arriving, people were already there. there wasn t enough time for them to actually stop it. as puffy said last night, this is a party. whitney would have loved this. that s who she was. she enjoyed having a good time and laughing and being with people. so in many ways it was a fitting tribute for that to continue, for the party to go on. alicia, what do you think whitney houston s lasting legacy will be? i think err lasting legacy will be her voice. we covered that party, if you want to call it that last night. clive davis who introduced her at that event 20-something years ago said whitney would want the party, the show to go on. she had all these trials and trib layings, you saw her downfall. you cannot deny that beautiful voice she had before the drugs ravaged it. you cannot deny it. that thankfully, will live on certainly. alicia corals and allison