Bobbi Kristina Brown dies
Her death, after being found ‘unresponsive’ in January, comes three years after her superstar mother Whitney Houston died in eerily similar circumstances Mystery remains about day she was found
Daughter of late Whitney Houston was found unconscious in her home in January.
Bobbi Kristina Brown, the little-girl-lost daughter of the late, legendary Whitney Houston, died Sunday in an Atlanta-area hospice, nearly six months after she was found unconscious in her Georgia home. She was 22.
She never regained consciousness to explain what happened before she was found Jan. 31, face down and unresponsive in her bathtub.
“It is hard to say goodbye. On Sunday, July 26, Bobbi Kristina Brown made her transition peacefully,” said a statement posted to Whitney Houston’s Facebook page. “The family thanks everyone for their loving thoughts and prayers. As Bobbi Kristina would say: ‘The wind is behind me and the sun is in my face.’ ”
“She is finally at peace in the arms of God,” the Houston family told USA TODAY in a statement. “We want to again thank everyone for their tremendous amount of love and support during these last few months.”
She had spent the last months in two Atlanta hospitals, a medical rehab facility and a hospice, much of the time in an induced coma and on life support.
Her Houston family relatives announced last month that her condition had continued to deteriorate and that she had been transferred to the hospice, a move usually reserved for end-oflife care for patients.
Her death, coming three years after her mother’s eerily similar demise, marks a double tragedy, one of the most heartbreaking of the celebrity world.
Krissi, as she was known, was found by her live-in boyfriend, Nick Gordon, and friend Max Lomas, unconscious in her bathtub at her Roswell, Ga., home.
A Roswell Police Department statement said Gordon “started CPR and a police officer took over lifesaving measures until an ambulance arrived.”
It is still not clear what happened to her or why. Police have been investigating the circumstances but have not announced their findings nor charged anyone with anything.
The conservator for Bobbi Kristina filed a lawsuit against Gordon, accusing him of beating her up the day she was found, and stealing $11,000 from her account afterward.
Bobbi Kristina was “unresponsive” when discovered and remained so. She turned 22 on March 3, 2015, still unconscious.
She was first taken to the North Fulton Hospital in Atlanta and later was transferred to Emory University Hospital. She was placed in an induced coma and kept on a ventilator as her family gathered at her bedside.
In March, she was transferred to a nearby medical rehabilitation facility, but her condition remained unchanged, according to her grandmother, gospel great Cissy Houston. She said doctors told her Bobbi Kristina had suffered “global and irreversible brain damage” and that her condition remained unchanged despite intensive treatment.
Although much about what happened before she was found remains murky, it’s known that she was in a car crash four days before. She was driving with a friend in Roswell when her Jeep Liberty blew a tire and she lost control, causing her to cross into oncoming traffic and collide with another vehicle.
Her friend and the driver of the other vehicle were hospitalized with serious injuries.
Bobbi Kristina’s tragedy echoed the circumstances of Whitney Houston’s tragedy: The 48-year-old superstar was found dead in a bathtub at the Beverly Hilton hotel on Feb. 11, 2012.
Authorities found a dozen prescription drug bottles in the hotel suite. They concluded that Houston accidentally drowned. Heart disease and cocaine use were listed as contributing factors in her death.