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Monday 27 July 2015

Whitney Houston's Daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown Tragically Passes Away aged 22 Six Months After She Was Found Unconscious In Bath



The daughter of music legend Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown passed away on Sunday surrounded by family. The aspiring singer was rushed to hospital and placed in a medically-induced coma on January 31 after she was discovered face-down in the water-filled tub at her townhouse in Roswell, Georgia. 

She was later transferred to Peachtree Christian Hospice, where her distraught family and loved ones maintained a bedside vigil and eventually said their goodbyes as her condition deteriorated. Bobbi Kristina's death comes just three years after her famous mother, singer Whitney Houston, died aged 48 in a bathtub at a hotel in Beverly Hills, California.


Distraught: A tearful Bobby Brown (left) is driven away from the hospice following his daughter's passing
Heartbreaking: The car carrying Brown (pictured in a red cap and white shirt) leaves the hospice on Sunday
Heartbreaking: The car carrying Brown (pictured in a red cap and white shirt) leaves the hospice on Sunday
Uncle Tommy  - Bobby Brown's younger brother - is seen leaving Peachtree Christian Hospice on Sunday after Bobbi Kristina diedGary Houston leaves the hospice
Relatives: Uncle Tommy (left) - Bobby Brown's younger brother - and Gary Houston (right) - the late Whitney Houston's brother - are seen leaving Peachtree Christian Hospice on Sunday after Bobbi Kristina died
A final farewell: Bobbi Kristina was rushed to hospital and placed in a  coma on January 31 after she was discovered face-down in a bathtub at her home in Roswell. Above, relatives leave the hospice on Sunday
A final farewell: Bobbi Kristina was rushed to hospital and placed in a coma on January 31 after she was discovered face-down in a bathtub at her home in Roswell. Above, relatives leave the hospice on Sunday
Convoy: A white van was part of the convoy of vehicles driving away from the end-of-life facility on Sunday
Convoy: A white van was part of the convoy of vehicles driving away from the end-of-life facility on Sunday
Bobbi Kristina's boyfriend, Nick Gordon - who was banned from visiting his girlfriend by the Houston and Brown families - was said to be 'out of control with regret and sadness' after learning of her death. Above, Gordon is pictured leaving his home in Sanford, Orlando, miles away from the hospice, earlier this month

Bobbi Kristina's boyfriend, Nick Gordon - who was banned from visiting his girlfriend by the Houston and Brown families - was said to be 'out of control with regret and sadness' after learning of her death. Above, Gordon is pictured leaving his home in Sanford, Orlando, miles away from the hospice, earlier this month


'Nick is on suicide watch. He keeps saying that if only [Bobbi Kristina] had heard his voice, things would have been different. She may have lived,' an anonymous source told HollywoodLife.com
The Houston family said in a statement that Bobbi Kristina - who was the sole heir to her late mother's fortune, estimated to be a huge $20million - 'is now finally at peace in the arms of God.'
In a statement via a representative, they said: 'Bobbi Kristina Brown passed away July, 26 2015, surrounded by her family. She is finally at peace in the arms of God. We want to again thank everyone for their tremendous amount of love and support during these last few months.' 
Meanwhile, Bobbi Kristina's father, Bobby Brown, was said by a relative on his side of the family to be 'very emotional' about his daughter's death - but to know 'that [she] is in a better place now'.

'He is taking comfort in the fact that she's with her mother, and that there will be no more sadness or pain. She is at peace. He knows that, and is taking comfort in that,' the family member told People.
They added that Brown had spent Sunday contacting loved ones to tell them the news himself.
In the final few weeks of her life, Bobbi Kristina's family members had made the difficult decision to withdraw her medication after being told by specialists that there was no hope of her recovery. 
The Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed Bobbi Kristina's death on Sunday night.
At present, it is unclear at what time in the day Bobbi Kristina slipped away. The reported murder investigation is pending an autopsy on her body, which is expected to take place in coming days.
On Sunday night, thousands of celebrities and fans were expressing their heartbreak at Bobbi Kristina's death, and sending messages of condolences and support to her grieving family. 
Bobbi Kristina's Uncle Tommy looked upset outside the Duluth hospice on Saturday - a day before her deathPat Houston creased her forehead as she walked away from the hospice, where her niece would shortly pass away
Devastated: Bobbi Kristina's Uncle Tommy (left) - the brother of her father, Bobby Brown - and her aunt and guardian Pat Houston (right) looked upset outside the Duluth hospice on Saturday - a day before her death
'It's hard to say goodbye': On Sunday night, Whitney Houston's official Facebook page posted the above message, saying Bobbi Kristina 'made her transition peacefully' and her family are grateful for the support
'It's hard to say goodbye': On Sunday night, Whitney Houston's official Facebook page posted the above message, saying Bobbi Kristina 'made her transition peacefully' and her family are grateful for the support
'Peace at last!' On Sunday night, thousands of celebrities - including Oprah Winfrey, above - and fans were expressing their heartbreak at Bobbi Kristina's death, and sending messages of condolences to her family
'Peace at last!' On Sunday night, thousands of celebrities - including Oprah Winfrey, above - and fans were expressing their heartbreak at Bobbi Kristina's death, and sending messages of condolences to her family
Sad: Dr Phil wrote on Twitter that he was 'deeply saddened by the news' of Bobbi Kristina's death on Sunday
Sad: Dr Phil wrote on Twitter that he was 'deeply saddened by the news' of Bobbi Kristina's death on Sunday
'Rest in peace with mom': Missy Elliott wrote: 'My heart is truly heavy. May u rest in peace with your mommy'
'Rest in peace with mom': Missy Elliott wrote: 'My heart is truly heavy. May u rest in peace with your mommy'
Fond memories: Kylie Jenner tweeted: 'Got a chance to hang out with u once and I'll never forget it or you!'
Fond memories: Kylie Jenner tweeted: 'Got a chance to hang out with u once and I'll never forget it or you!'

BOBBI KRISTINA BROWN: A LIFE AT THE EDGE OF A HARSH SPOTLIGHT

Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston with baby Bobbi Kristina in 1993
Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston with baby Bobbi Kristina in 1993
Bobbi Kristina Brown was born to Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston in Livingston, New Jersey on March 4, 1993.
That same year, her mother Whitney was hitting the peak of her considerable fame with the release of her beloved cover of the song I'm Every Woman and of her megahit The Bodyguard the year before.
At the tender age of two, Bobbi Kristina was taken onstage before a national audience at the American Music Awards by her superstar mother.
In 2002, when Bobbi Kristina was nine, Whitney Houston gave her infamous 'crack is wack' interview in which she proclaimed to the world: 'Let's get one thing straight. Crack is cheap. I make too much money to ever smoke crack.' 
The following year, the world got to hear then 10-year-old Bobbi Kristina's considerable singing talent for the first time when she recorded a version of Christmas classic Little Drummer Boy with her mother.
In 2005, Bravo aired its single season of Being Bobby Brown, which followed the family--including Bobbi Kristina, who often appeared humiliated by her parents allegedly drug-fueled antics.
In 2007, after a prolonged and embarrassing public drama that included a custody battle, Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston were divorced. Bobbi Kristina was 14.
Bobbi Kristina briefly attended high school in Edison, New Jersey, where her parents insisted to staff that she be treated just like any other student.
'Their daughter showed up the next day in a chauffeured Rolls,' Richard Krieg, a local politician, recalled to the Guardian.
With mom and dad: Bobbi Kristina, Houston and Brown are seen left and right circa 1995

Bobbi Kristina would complete her high school education in Huntington Beach, California. While there, she would be called hard-partying problem child by gossip rags.
On February 11, 2012, just before the Grammys, Houston's assistant found the singer's lifeless body face-down in a foot of water. 
Authorities found a dozen prescription drug bottles in the Beverly Hills Hotel suite and listed heart disease and cocaine use as contributors, but concluded that she accidentally drowned.
Bobbi Kristina, then 18, became so distraught that she needed to be hospitalized.
'She wasn't only a mother, she was a best friend,' she told Oprah shortly after her mother's death in 2012.
Houston and Bobbi Kristina are pictured together in 2002
Mother, daugher: Houston and Bobby Kristina seen in 1999 (left) and in 2002 (right)

Later that year, the family including Bobbi Kristina, Cissy Houston, Pat Houston and Bobbi Kristina's lover, Nick 
Gordon, starred in the Lifetime docuseries The Houstons: On Our Own.
Brown and Gordon, who once called each other big brother and little sister, went public with their romance about a month after Houston's death.
Later that year, Houston's mother Cissy and sister-in-law Patricia were so concerned that others would prey on the young woman's fortune that they petitioned a judge to delay part of the inheritance, and Bobbi Kristina agreed.
The young couple's announcement of their marriage in January 2014 troubled some members of the family. 
Her aunt Patricia Houston soon obtained a restraining order against Gordon, effective through April 2015.
Daughter's loss: Oprah Winfrey talks with Bobbi Kristina during a March 2, 2012 taping of an interview in Atlanta following Whitney Houston's death
Daughter's loss: Oprah Winfrey talks with Bobbi Kristina during a March 2, 2012 taping of an interview in Atlanta following Whitney Houston's death
On January 31, 2015, Bobbi Kristina was discovered face down in a bathtub in her Georgia home by Gordon and a friend.
She was rushed to hospital, where she underwent surgery to replace her breathing tube with a tracheotomy tube.
She was later transferred to Peachtree Christian Hospice in Duluth, Georgia, where her condition continued to deteriorate. 
She passed away on Sunday, her family confirmed in a statement.  
Oprah Winfrey tweeted: 'Peace at Last! #BobbiKristina' while singer Missy Elliott wrote: 'My heart is truly heavy. May u rest in peace with your mommy... sending prayers 2 the Brown'Houston family.'
Dr Phil added: 'Deeply saddened by the news of Bobbi Kristina's passing. Sending thoughts and prayers from all of us at Dr. Phil.' And model Kylie Jenner, 17, said she would 'never forget' her.
A statement on Whitney Houston's official Facebook page on Sunday night read: 'It is hard to say goodbye. On Sunday, July 26, Bobbi Kristina Brown made her transition peacefully.'
'As Bobbi Kristina would say: "The wind is behind me and the sun is in my face".' 
In the days before Bobbi Kristina's death, her aunt and co-legal guardian Pat Houston, 55, had reportedly begun the heartbreaking process of cleaning out her dying niece's townhouse. 
'She kept all the pictures and Whitney’s platinum and gold album plaques. But she threw everything else out,' a source close to Brown told US Weekly. 'Everything is at Pat's house now.' 
On Saturday - just a day before she died - Bobbi Kristina's loved ones had been spotted arriving at the hospice, where a tent was erected in which a hearse could inconspicuously take away a casket. 
Aspiring singer: In the final few weeks of her life, Bobbi Kristina's family members had made the difficult decision to withdraw her medication after being told by specialists that there was no hope of her recovery 
Aspiring singer: In the final few weeks of her life, Bobbi Kristina's family members had made the difficult decision to withdraw her medication after being told by specialists that there was no hope of her recovery 
Investigation: Officials are reportedly planning to treat the death of Bobbi Kristina - who was found in the tub with bruises on her face and body - as a murder investigation. The first person of interest in the case will apparently be her boyfriend, Nick Gordon. Above, Bobbi Kristina and Gordon together in August 2012
Investigation: Officials are reportedly planning to treat the death of Bobbi Kristina - who was found in the tub with bruises on her face and body - as a murder investigation. The first person of interest in the case will apparently be her boyfriend, Nick Gordon. Above, Bobbi Kristina and Gordon together in August 2012
The end: A hearse last week arrived at the hospice where Bobbi Kristina had been receiving care since June
The end: A hearse last week arrived at the hospice where Bobbi Kristina had been receiving care since June
Pulling away:The sightings of the hearse fueled speculation on whether or not Bobbi Kristina was still alive inside the facility. These speculations came to a halt on Sunday night following the news of her passing
Pulling away:The sightings of the hearse fueled speculation on whether or not Bobbi Kristina was still alive inside the facility. These speculations came to a halt on Sunday night following the news of her passing
n the hours before Bobbi Kristina's death, her aunt and co-legal guardian Pat Houston (seen arriving at Peachtree Christian Hospice in Duluth last week) had reportedly begun the heartbreaking process of cleaning out her niece's townhouseBobbi Kristina was discovered unresponsive in the townhouse in January
Heartbreaking: In the days before Bobbi Kristina's death, her aunt and co-legal guardian Pat Houston (seen, left, arriving at Peachtree Christian Hospice in Duluth last week) had reportedly begun the heartbreaking process of cleaning out her niece's townhouse in Roswell (right), where she was discovered unresponsive

Pat Houston and Uncle Tommy - the brother of Bobbi Kristina's R&B singer father - both looked visibly upset as they walked away from the facility after visiting their comatose niece.
A week earlier, a hearse had been pictured arriving at the hospice, while other family and friends, including Whitney Houston's friend, music producer Tyler Perry, had turned up to bid her goodbye.  
Another hearse later pulled up to the tent, which blocked the view of the hospice's back door. The sightings fueled speculation on whether or not Bobbi Kristina was still alive inside the facility. 
These speculations came to a halt on Sunday night following the news of her passing. Whitney Houston's beloved ex-body guard, Ray Watson, was also seen visiting the hospice last week.
Watson arrived looking somber and spent over 30 minutes alone in his car after his visit last Wednesday, while Pat Houston and Perry spent an hour at Bobbi Kristina's bedside last Friday.
Bobbi Kristina - her mother's only child - had been taken to the hospice on June 24 to 'die naturally'. Two months earlier, her grandma, Cissy Houston, had said she had 'irreversible brain damage'. 
Loved ones arriving: Whitney Houston's former bodyguard Ray 'Uncle Ray' Watson, is pictured visiting Bobbi Kristina at the hospice earlier this month. He looked emotional as he was led inside the end-of-life facility
Loved ones arriving: Whitney Houston's former bodyguard Ray 'Uncle Ray' Watson, is pictured visiting Bobbi Kristina at the hospice earlier this month. He looked emotional as he was led inside the end-of-life facility
Uncle Ray: The former bodyguard stayed in his car for over a half hour looking sad following the visit
Uncle Ray: The former bodyguard stayed in his car for over a half hour looking sad following the visit
Somber family: Bobby Brown's brother Tommy also showed up to the hospice in Georgia looking somber
Somber family: Bobby Brown's brother Tommy also showed up to the hospice in Georgia looking somber
Bobbi Kristina's aunt: Pat Houston leaves the facility earlier this month, next to the center's head of security
Bobbi Kristina's aunt: Pat Houston leaves the facility earlier this month, next to the center's head of security
Not talking: More of Bobbi Kristina's family members are pictured outside the hospice, where she later died
The Houston family had kept largely mum on Bobbi Kristina's condition since Pat Houston said her niece was 'in God's hands' after she was transferred to the end-of-life facility from hospital. 
As TMZ reports, the family was prepared to let Bobbi Kristina die at the hospice after doctors gave them no hope of her recovery. Pat Houston and Bobby Brown later agreed to stop her medication.
'Despite the great medical care at numerous facilities, Bobbi Kristina Brown's condition has continued to deteriorate,' read a family statement, made in June. 
'As of today, she has been moved into hospice care.' 
While Bobbi Kristina's relatives had continued to flock to her bedside over the past six months, her ex-boyfriend, Gordon, 25, had been banned from visiting his former lover by her family.
A protective order also barred him from being within 200 feet of Pat Houston.
Gordon, who is currently living in Florida and has claimed that he and Bobbi Kristina were married, is also subject to a $10million lawsuit claiming he attacked her on January 31.
Later that day, Brown was found face down and unresponsive in the bathtub in her Atlanta area home. She underwent surgery to replace her breathing tube with a tracheotomy tube in February.  
Nothing to see: In recent weeks, a tent (above) appeared at the back door of the Georgia hospice center
Nothing to see: In recent weeks, a tent (above) appeared at the back door of the Georgia hospice center
Blocking the view? It stands to reason that the 22-year-old's family could have had the gray tent placed behind the facility in order to block photographers from taking pictures of anything coming or going through the door
Blocking the view? It stands to reason that the 22-year-old's family could have had the gray tent placed behind the facility in order to block photographers from taking pictures of anything coming or going through the door
Covered up: An employee peaks over a hearse, which had been backed into a tent that was set up at Peachtree Christian Hospice - where Bobbi Kristina died - in an apparent attempt to keep out prying eyes
Covered up: An employee peaks over a hearse, which had been backed into a tent that was set up at Peachtree Christian Hospice - where Bobbi Kristina died - in an apparent attempt to keep out prying eyes
Hospice stay: Bobbi Kristina has been at Peachtree Christian Hospice (pictured) for five weeks when she passed away. Family members have been seen coming and going from the facility since the end of June
Hospice stay: Bobbi Kristina has been at Peachtree Christian Hospice (pictured) for five weeks when she passed away. Family members have been seen coming and going from the facility since the end of June

She was originally placed into a medically-induced coma after the horrific discovery, which was made in circumstances eerily reminiscent of her internationally-famous mother's death. 
Whitney Houston was found dead in a bathtub in her Los Angeles hotel just hours before she was due to attend a pre-Grammy awards party in February 2010. Her death was ruled accidental. 
However, police are treating Bobbi Kristina's near-drowning, alleged injuries and subsequent death as a criminal investigation - with speculation mounting that Gordon will face murder charges. 
Meanwhile, the Houstons are looking for justice through a civil suit. 
A court-appointed representative of Bobbi Kristina has filed an explosive lawsuit against Gordon claiming that he took money from her and abused her physically and emotionally. 
Bedilia Hargrove launched the suit in Fulton County Superior Court. The complaint says Gordon routinely transferred large sums of money from Bobbi Kristina's accounts to his without permission. 
The suit also accuses Gordon of misrepresenting his relationship with Bobbi Kristina, being violent toward her and taking more than $11,000 from her account after she was found in the bathtub. 
Happier times: In this September 1, 2009, photo, singer Whitney Houston, right, sings with her daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown during a performance on 'Good Morning America' in Central Park in New York
Happier times: In this September 1, 2009, photo, singer Whitney Houston, right, sings with her daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown during a performance on 'Good Morning America' in Central Park in New York
Bobbi Kristina  attends the Kelly Price & Friends Unplugged: For The Love of R&B Event with her mother at Tru Hollywood in Hollywood in 2011Bobbi Kristina is carried by her mother in an old photo
Beloved: Bobbi Kristina attends the Kelly Price & Friends Unplugged: For The Love of R&B Event with her mother (left) at Tru Hollywood in Hollywood in 2011, and is carried by her mother in an old photo (right)

Gordon is accused of assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, unjust enrichment and conversion. The suit seeks at least $10 million in damages, it is reported. 
The news of Bobbi Kristina's passing on Sunday came just weeks after it was revealed that someone was reportedly shopping around deathbed photos of the aspiring singer for a high price. 
The alleged existence of the photo - potentially offered to media outlets by a relative - was first revealed by Bobbi Kristina's paternal aunt Leola Brown, who expressed her disgust on Facebook.
'I'll tell you what! You took that picture thinking you gon get some money for it...and thats gon be it!' she wrote. 'Guess what!????!!!! I will myself if no one else does-see to it that -YOU be revealed!!!!' 
She added that she is going to make anyone who has visited Bobbi Kristina - including relatives on both sides of her family and other loved ones - take a lie detector test to track down the culprit. 
'EVERY ONE OF YOU ALL WILL TAKE A LIE DETECTOR TEST!! AND NOT BY YOUR PEOPLE EITHER! YOU AINT GON BE ABLE TO PAY PEOPLE OFF ON THIS ONE! YOU will not do to my niece what YOU did to Whitney! Everyone knows who YOU ARE! Aint nobody stupid!' she wrote. 
Snuggled up: This picture shows Whitney Houston and Bobbi Kristina snuggled up to each other on a bed. Around two decades later, the mother and daughter  have both passed away in eerily similar circumstances
Snuggled up: This picture shows Whitney Houston and Bobbi Kristina snuggled up to each other on a bed. Around two decades later, the mother and daughter  have both passed away in eerily similar circumstances
Abuse? A court-appointed representative of Bobbi Kristina has filed an explosive lawsuit (pictured, left and right) against Gordon claiming that he took money from her and abused her physically and emotionally

The image reportedly showed Bobbi Kristina pictured lying in a bed at Peachtree Christian Hospice, which is based in Duluth, Georgia, while an unidentified female relative hovered over her. 
Bobbi Kristina, whose father is a Grammy Award winner, was an aspiring singer who began performing with her mother as early as 1999, singing duets of "My Love is Your Love." 
In 2003 they recorded another duet of 'Little Drummer Boy' for a holiday album. 
Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown both struggled with substance abuse and divorced when their daughter was 14. Houston described their 15-year marriage as drug- and alcohol-fueled. 
She is finally at peace in the arms of God. We want to again thank everyone for their tremendous amount of love and support during these last few months
The Houston family 
The couple's tempestuous relationship was chronicled in the short-lived television series, 'Being Bobby Brown'. 
Bobbi Kristina was hospitalized twice with anxiety after her mother's death. 
In 2012 she starred on Lifetime's reality TV show, 'The Houstons: On Our Own' in which Houston's family struggled to recover from the famous singer's death. The same year Bobbi Kristina Brown guest-starred on 'For Better or Worse', a TV series about a married couple.
Just a few weeks before his daughter's death, Bobby Brown welcomed a new baby girl into his family. Brown and his wife Alicia Ethridge welcomed a newborn daughter on July 9.
Ethridge, who wed the R&B star in 2012, was induced at Cedars Sinai hospital in Los Angeles.
Brown and Etheridge already have a five-year-old son named Cassius. 
Brown has a total of six children, including Bobbi Kristina with late ex-wife Whitney Houston. 
Brown performed at the Affordable Old School Concert series in Atlanta on Saturday, July 4, where the 46-year-old singer repeatedly apologized to the audience as he stumbled through the set and forgot lyrics and dance moves, TMZ reported.
In a video taken at the gig, the singer could be heard telling the crowd: 'I'm in a different zone.' 
Baby girl: Just a few weeks before his daughter's death, Bobby Brown welcomed a new baby girl into his family. Bobby Brownand his wife Alicia Ethridge (pictured together) welcomed a newborn daughter on July 9
Baby girl: Just a few weeks before his daughter's death, Bobby Brown welcomed a new baby girl into his family. Bobby Brownand his wife Alicia Ethridge (pictured together) welcomed a newborn daughter on Ju

Credit - DailyMail

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