Whitney Houston has returned to her home state of New Jersey.

Sky News reports Houston’s body has arrived at a Newark, NJ funeral home, ahead of an expected funeral service later this week.

The 48-year-old pop star was born in the state's largest city and her family have reportedly suggested the service could be held in an 18,000-seat arena there.

Police said her body was taken to Van Nuys airport in California for the flight to the east coast.

Los Angeles-based celebrity website TMZ said a jet owned by film star and producer Tyler Perry was used to return the body to New Jersey.

Outside the funeral home in Newark that received the body, about a dozen fans gathered playing Houston's songs, singing and lighting candles.

Houston was found dead in a bath in her suite at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in LA on Saturday, hours before she was supposed to appear at a pre-Grammy Awards party.

She was under the water and apparently unconscious when found by members of her entourage, police said in a statement.




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