When Whitney Houston died in 2012, she was broke with a net worth of negative $US20 million ($A30.6 million).

Nicknamed “the Voice”, the singer passed away at age 48 when she was found unconscious in a suite at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

The music icon’s cause of death was deemed “accidental drowning, heart disease and cocaine use.”

Six years before her passing, the Grammy winner faced eviction from her $8.2 million home after running up almost $1.02 million in mortgage arrears and unpaid taxes, according to The Sun.

In the months before her death, it appeared Houston was being financially supported by record company Arista, which had given her an advance payment on her next album.

A music industry source said just a few days before her death: “Whitney should have Mariah Carey money,

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