{{Short description|American television personality and singer (1993–2015)}} {{redirect|Bobbi Kristina|the biographical movie|Bobbi Kristina (film){{!}}''Bobbi Kristina'' (film)}} {{good article}} {{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Bobbi Kristina Brown | image = Bobbi Kristina Brown.JPG | caption = Brown in 2009 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1993|3|4}} | birth_place = Livingston, New Jersey, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2015|7|26|1993|3|4}} | death_place = Duluth, Georgia, U.S. | death_cause = Lobar pneumonia | burial_place = Fairview Cemetery,<br/>Westfield, New Jersey, U.S. | occupation = {{flatlist| *Reality television personality *singer }} | other_names = Krissy | years_active = 1998–2015 | parents = {{ubl|Whitney Houston|Bobby Brown}} | partner = Nick Gordon (2012–2015){{efn|Until Brown's death}} | relatives = {{Unbulleted list|Cissy Houston (grandmother)|Gary Garland (half-uncle)|Leontyne Price (cousin twice removed)|Dee Dee Warwick (cousin once removed)|Dionne Warwick (cousin once removed)|Damon Elliott (second cousin)}} Jeremiah Burke Sanderson (great-great-great-grandfather) }}
'''Bobbi Kristina Brown''' (March 4, 1993 – July 26, 2015) was an American reality television personality and singer. She was the only child of singers Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown. Her parents' fame kept Brown in the public eye, as did her appearances on the reality show ''Being Bobby Brown''.
Brown intended to become a singer, actress, and dancer like her parents. She performed with her mother at concerts a number of times, as well as singing a cover of her mother's song "I'm Your Baby Tonight" on ''The Houstons: On Our Own''. She appeared as herself on a number of television shows and specials, and played a role on Tyler Perry's television series ''For Better or Worse'' in 2012.
On January 31, 2015, Brown was found unconscious in a bathtub in her home after ingesting numerous drugs and alcohol, a fate similar to that of her mother. After being in a coma for nearly six months, Brown died from lobar pneumonia on July 26, at the age of 22. After her death, her life was the subject of a television movie in 2017 and a documentary in 2021.
==Early life== Brown was born on March 4, 1993, at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, New Jersey, to singers Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cox |first=Ted |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dZ5bAgAAQBAJ&q=bobbi+kristina+brown+born+ivingston&pg=PT49 |title=Whitney Houston |publisher=Infobase Learning |year=1998 |isbn=9781438140865 |access-date=October 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426161929/https://books.google.com/books?id=dZ5bAgAAQBAJ&q=bobbi+kristina+brown+born+ivingston&pg=PT49 |archive-date=April 26, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> Through her mother, Brown was related to many singers and entertainers: her maternal grandmother was singer Cissy Houston of The Drinkard Singers;<ref name="Billboard relatives">{{cite news |last=Mitchell |first=Gail |title=Whitney Houston |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RsAnJ7Zx_qgC&pg=RA7-PA6 |access-date=July 2, 2021 |publisher=Billboard |date=February 25, 2012 |page=6}}</ref> her mother's cousins were singers Dee Dee Warwick,<ref name="Billboard relatives"/> Dionne Warwick,<ref name="Billboard relatives"/> and Leontyne Price.<ref name="First cousin">{{cite news |title='Whitney' depicts the heady rise and tragic fall of a star-spangled American |url=https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/movies/2018/07/06/Whitney-Houston-documentary-review-Kevin-Macdonald/stories/201807060034 |access-date=January 23, 2022 |publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=July 6, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Leontyne">{{cite book |last=Warwick |first=Dionne |author-link=Dionne Warwick |url=https://archive.org/details/mylifeasiseeitau0000warw/page/92 |title=My Life, as I See It |publisher=Atria Books |year=2010 |isbn=978-1-4391-7134-9 |location=New York City |pages=[https://archive.org/details/mylifeasiseeitau0000warw/page/92 92–93]}}</ref> Brown's uncle was former professional basketball player Gary Garland, her mother's half-brother.<ref name="half brother Gary">{{cite news |last=Light |first=Alan |title=How a Director Uncovered Whitney Houston's Secret Pain |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/13/movies/whitney-houston-documentary.html |access-date=July 2, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=July 13, 2018}}</ref> Through her father, Brown had six half-siblings: Landon, La'Princia, Robert "Bobby" Jr., Cassius, Bodhi, and Hendrix.<ref name="six half siblings">{{cite news |last=Seemayer |first=Zach |title=Bobby Brown and wife welcome baby No. 3 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bobby-brown-and-wife-welcome-baby-number-3/ |access-date=July 2, 2021 |publisher=CBS News |date=July 22, 2016}}</ref> Her godmother was gospel singer CeCe Winans and her godfather was music executive Clive Davis.<ref name=Decurtis1>{{cite news|last=Decurtis|first=Anthony|title=Whitney Houston Opens Up About Her Marriage, Fame|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/whitney-houston-opens-up-about-her-marriage-the-pressures-of-fame-and-more-20120212?page=5|access-date=January 31, 2015|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=February 12, 2012|archive-date=April 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426161931/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/whitney-houston-opens-up-about-her-marriage-fame-117344/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Godfather">{{cite news |last=D'Zurilla |first=Christine |date=February 6, 2015 |title=Bobbi Kristina Brown: Grandma Cissy Houston at hospital; cousin urges prayer |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-bobbi-kristina-brown-stillprayforbk-cissy-houston-20150206-story.html |access-date=February 6, 2015 |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>
Brown grew up in front of cameras, appearing beside Houston during an interview with Barbara Walters at eight months old, and appearing aged one on stage at the 1994 American Music Awards, when her mother accepted an award.<ref name="Halperin book">{{cite book |last=Halperin |first=Ian |title=Whitney and Bobbi Kristina |date=2015 |publisher=Gallery Books |isbn=9781501120749 |page=8}}</ref><ref name="on camera">{{cite news |last=Lewis |first=Hilary |title=Bobbi Kristina Brown's 5 Most Memorable On-Camera Moments |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bobbi-kristina-browns-5-memorable-811316 |access-date=April 12, 2021 |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter |date=July 27, 2015 |archive-date=April 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412202158/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bobbi-kristina-browns-5-memorable-811316 |url-status=live }}</ref> Her vocals were featured on her mother's 1998 song "My Love Is Your Love" for the album of the same title.<ref name="Folk">{{cite news |last=Folk |first=Antwane |title=Whitney Houston's 'My Love Is Your Love' Album Singles Ranked |url=https://ratedrnb.com/2018/11/whitney-houston-my-love-is-your-love-album-songs-ranked/ |access-date=April 12, 2021 |publisher=Rated R&B |date=November 17, 2018 |archive-date=April 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412204758/https://ratedrnb.com/2018/11/whitney-houston-my-love-is-your-love-album-songs-ranked/ |url-status=live }}</ref> When her mother brought her to the recording studio and held her up to the microphone, she said "Sing, mommy," which can be heard during the first verse of the song; she says, "Clap your hands!" at the end of the track. Brown was featured on her mother's 2003 Christmas album, titled ''One Wish: The Holiday Album,'' on "The Little Drummer Boy".<ref name="little drummer boy">{{cite news |last=Grow |first=Kory |title=Bobbi Kristina Brown, Daughter of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, Dead at 22 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bobbi-kristina-brown-daughter-of-whitney-houston-and-bobby-brown-dead-at-22-75663/ |access-date=April 12, 2021 |publisher=Rolling Stone |date=July 27, 2015 |archive-date=April 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412203747/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bobbi-kristina-brown-daughter-of-whitney-houston-and-bobby-brown-dead-at-22-75663/ |url-status=live }}</ref> When Brown's parents divorced in 2007, her mother was awarded custody.<ref name="custodyrights">{{cite news |last=Bertram |first=Colin |title=Inside Whitney Houston and Bobbi Kristina Brown's Tight Bond – and Tragic Deaths |url=https://www.biography.com/news/whitney-houston-bobbi-kristina-brown-relationship-death |access-date=November 24, 2021 |publisher=Biography |date=February 4, 2021 |archive-date=November 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124210606/https://www.biography.com/news/whitney-houston-bobbi-kristina-brown-relationship-death |url-status=dead }}</ref>
''The Guardian'' writer Caroline Sullivan characterized Brown's childhood as difficult because of her parents' drug problems.<ref name="parents drug use">{{cite news |last=Sullivan |first=Caroline |title=Bobbi Kristina Brown and the hard legacy of drugs and celebrity |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/feb/05/bobbi-kristina-brown-drugs-celebrity-parents |access-date=July 2, 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=February 5, 2015}}</ref> ''TheWrap'' stated, "Brown grew up under the media glare, with her family issues playing out in a very public way."<ref name="adolescence-kenneally">{{cite news |last=Kenneally |first=Tim |title=Bobbi Kristina Brown: What Went Wrong – and What Might Save Her |url=https://www.thewrap.com/bobbi-kristina-brown-what-went-wrong-and-what-might-save-her/ |access-date=November 24, 2021 |publisher=TheWrap |date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> The media also scrutinized Brown's weight; BET,<ref name="weight loss">{{cite news |last=Diaz |first=Evelyn |title=Bobbi Kristina Defends Dramatic Weight Loss |url=https://www.bet.com/article/2n372i/bobbi-kristina-defends-dramatic-weight-loss |access-date=November 13, 2021 |publisher=BET |date=March 12, 2014}}</ref> ''Essence'',<ref name="Essence weight loss">{{cite news |title=Bobbi Kristina Responds to Weight Loss Criticism |url=https://www.essence.com/news/bobbi-kristina-responds-weight-loss-criticism/ |access-date=November 13, 2021 |publisher=Essence |date=October 22, 2020}}</ref> and the ''Daily Beast''<ref name="daily beast weight loss">{{cite news |last=Fallon |first=Kevin |title=Drugs, Delusion, and Darkness: Inside Bobbi Kristina Brown's Troubled Life |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/drugs-delusion-and-darkness-inside-bobbi-kristina-browns-troubled-life |access-date=November 13, 2021|publisher=The Daily Beast |date=January 31, 2015}}</ref> all wrote articles commenting and speculating on Brown's fluctuating weight. Author Mark Bego characterized Brown's teenage years as "no picnic", because of the media focus on her and her "extreme growing pains" because of that.<ref name="Mark Bego">{{cite book |last=Bego |first=Mark |title=Whitney Houston! The Spectacular Rise and Tragic Fall of the Woman Whose Voice Inspired a Generation |date=March 2, 2012 |publisher=Skyhorse Publishing |isbn=9781620872574}}</ref>
==Adult life== Brown's mother died at age 48 in a hotel bathtub in February 2012 from what was later ruled an accidental drowning with heart disease and cocaine use listed as contributing factors.<ref name=HoustonCoD>{{cite web|last1=Blankstein|first1=Andrew|last2=Sewell|first2=Abby|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/04/whitney-houston-cocaine-in-system-not-fatal-dose-expert-says.html|title=Whitney Houston: Cocaine In System Not a Fatal Dose ...|work=Los Angeles Times|date=April 5, 2012|access-date=February 3, 2015|archive-date=April 11, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411060036/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/04/whitney-houston-cocaine-in-system-not-fatal-dose-expert-says.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Brown was described as "inconsolable" and a few days later was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles: according to a family friend, Brown was "overwhelmed".<ref name=hospitalization>{{cite news|last=Belton|first=Danielle C.|author-link=Danielle Belton |title=Bobbi Kristina Brown: A Timeline of Turmoil and Tragedy|url=http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2015/02/bobbi_kristina_brown_a_timeline_of_turmoil_and_tragedy.html|access-date=February 3, 2015|work=The Root|date=February 2, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203192620/http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2015/02/bobbi_kristina_brown_a_timeline_of_turmoil_and_tragedy.html|archive-date=February 3, 2015}}</ref><ref name=CNN3Feb/> In accordance with her mother's will, Brown was the beneficiary of Houston's entire estate including her clothing, jewelry, cars, personal effects, and furniture.<ref name="heiress1">{{cite news |last=D'Zurilla |first=Christie |date=March 7, 2012 |title=Whitney Houston's will: Bobbi Kristina is the heiress |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/ministry-of-gossip/story/2012-03-07/whitney-houstons-will-bobbi-kristina-is-the-heiress |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202211015/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2012/03/whitney-houston-will-bobbi-kristina-brown.html |archive-date=February 2, 2015 |access-date=November 2, 2025 |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> The will provided for Brown to receive trust fund payments in installments until she reached age 30, after which she was to receive the remainder of Houston's $115 million estate.<ref name=115M>{{cite news|last=McShane|first=Larry|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/bobbi-brown-daughter-whitney-houston-rushed-hospital-article-1.2098830|title=Bobbi Brown, Daughter of Whitney Houston, Rushed to Hospital|work=Daily News|location=New York City|date=February 1, 2015|access-date=February 4, 2015|archive-date=February 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204033314/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/bobbi-brown-daughter-whitney-houston-rushed-hospital-article-1.2098830|url-status=live}}</ref>
In March 2012, Brown said she felt her mother's spirit and expressed her intention to carry on her mother's legacy by doing the "singing thing," along with starting a career as an actor and dancer.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20569493_20577724,00.html|title=Bobbi Kristina: Mom Whitney Houston Talks to Me in Spirit|magazine=People|first=Mike|last=Fleeman|date=March 12, 2012|access-date=August 3, 2015|archive-date=September 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905225007/http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20569493_20577724,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She was subsequently cast in her acting debut for a recurring role as Tina the receptionist in Tyler Perry's ''For Better or Worse'' television series. Perry stated "She did a fantastic job. And that kid has such a future. She's such an actor. I'm so proud of her. I'm telling you, as far as she wants to go in the business, she can."<ref name="for better or worse tv show">{{cite news |last=Carlson |first=Erin |title=Tyler Perry on Whitney Houston's Daughter Bobbi Kristina: 'That Kid Has a Such a Future |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/tyler-perry-bobbi-kristina-for-better-or-worse-341695/ |access-date=July 2, 2021 |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter |date=June 26, 2012}}</ref> After rumors began Brown had "tearfully exited the set" of the show, Perry came to her defense stating that had never happened.<ref name="exiting set">{{cite news |last=Schillaci |first=Sophie |title=Tyler Perry Dismisses Reports That Bobbi Kristina Walked Off Set |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/bobbi-kristina-tyler-perry-better-worse-331103/ |access-date=July 2, 2021 |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter |date=May 30, 2012}}</ref> Brown hoped to be cast in Angela Bassett's biographical film ''Whitney'' based on her mother. When Bassett did not cast her, Brown called her a "bitch". Bassett said that she did not cast Brown "for a number of reasons... she's not an actress, and acting is a craft".<ref name=AngelaBassett>{{cite news|title=Bobbi Kristina Blasts Angela Bassett Over Whitney Houston Biopic|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/01/bobbi-kristina-angela-bassett-whitney-houston-biopic_n_5549007.html|access-date=February 5, 2015|work=The Huffington Post|date=July 1, 2014|archive-date=February 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203224929/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/01/bobbi-kristina-angela-bassett-whitney-houston-biopic_n_5549007.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Brown later apologized to Bassett on Twitter after generating controversy among fans.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bet.com/article/ls4az3/bobbi-kristina-brown-apologizes-to-angela-bassett|title=Bobbi Kristina Brown Apologizes to Angela Bassett|publisher=BET|date=July 3, 2014|access-date=July 27, 2015|archive-date=September 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923215652/http://www.bet.com/news/celebrities/2014/07/03/bobbi-kristina-brown-apologizes-to-angela-bassett.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
In July 2013, Brown announced her engagement to a close family friend, Nick Gordon, who had come to live in the Houston household when he was 12 years old but was never formally adopted.<ref name="engagement to Nick">{{cite news |last=Taylor |first=Amanda |title=Whitney Houston's daughter Bobbi Kristina engaged |url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/07/10/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/houston-daughter-engaged-ew/index.html |access-date=July 2, 2021 |publisher=CNN |date=July 10, 2013}}</ref> The announcement caused controversy within the family;<ref name=Patricia1>{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|author-link=Associated Press|last1=Gutierrez|first1=Gabe|last2=Helsel|first2=Phil|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/attorneys-investigating-bobbi-kristina-brown-bathtub-incident-n299746|title=Attorneys Investigating Bobbi Kristina Brown Bathtub Incident|work=NBC News|date=February 3, 2014|access-date=February 4, 2015|archive-date=February 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205002119/http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/attorneys-investigating-bobbi-kristina-brown-bathtub-incident-n299746|url-status=live}}</ref><!--{{efn|In April 2014, Marion "Pat" Garland (Houston)—Whitney's sister-in-law to her half brother, Gary Garland—was granted a one-year restraining order against Assailant after claiming he had sent threatening photographs and messages. (now uncited because of dead link)---><ref name=Pat>{{cite web|last=Tauber|first=Michelle|url=https://people.com/celebrity/houston-family-had-filed-restraining-order-against-nick-gordon-in-2014/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402033736/http://people.com/celebrity/houston-family-had-filed-restraining-order-against-nick-gordon-in-2014/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 2, 2017|title=Houston Family Had Filed Restraining Order Against man who was found guilty of Bobbi Kristina's death in 2014|work=People|date=February 4, 2015|access-date=August 6, 2021}}</ref> before making their romantic involvement known, Brown had referred to him as her "big bruh" in online posts.<ref name=Fisher1>{{cite news|last=Fisher|first=Luchina|title=Whitney Houston's 'Secret' Son?|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/whitney-houstons-secret-son-nick-gordon/story?id=15857541|access-date=February 1, 2015|work=ABC News|date=March 9, 2012|archive-date=February 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203040811/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/whitney-houstons-secret-son-nick-gordon/story?id=15857541|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="bigbruh">{{cite news |last=Toone |first=Stephanie |title=Who is Nick Gordon? Bobbi Kristina Brown's boyfriend dies in Florida at age 30 |url=https://www.ajc.com/news/who-nick-gordon-bobbi-kristina-brown-boyfriend-dies-florida-age/awvl0p9LKAYJ9A2o3XGuzK/ |access-date=November 24, 2021 |publisher=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=January 2, 2020}}</ref> Brown said the couple received her grandmother Cissy's blessing prior to their engagement.<ref name="blessing">{{cite news |last=Dowd |first=Kathy Erich |date=January 11, 2014 |title=Bobbi Kristina Brown: Marriage to friend Is 'Exactly What My Mom Wanted' |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20774807,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203173035/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20774807,00.html |archive-date=February 3, 2015 |access-date=February 3, 2015 |work=People}}</ref> Though the two never legally married, Brown and Gordon announced they had married on January 9, 2014.<ref name="married?">{{cite news |last=Gomez |first=Patrick |title=Bobbi Kristina and 'Husband' Nick Gordon Were Never Married |url=https://people.com/celebrity/bobbi-kristina-and-husband-nick-gordon-were-never-married/ |access-date=July 2, 2021 |publisher=People |date=February 3, 2015}}</ref><ref name=not-wed>{{cite news|last=McShane|first=Larry|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/bobbi-kristina-brown-husband-brawls-hospital-security-article-1.2102214|title=Wait, What?Bobbi ...|work=Daily News|location=New York City|date=February 3, 2015|access-date=February 3, 2015|archive-date=February 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204021651/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/bobbi-kristina-brown-husband-brawls-hospital-security-article-1.2102214|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Coma and death== On January 31, 2015, Gordon and a friend found Brown face down in a bathtub in her home in Alpharetta, Georgia.<ref name=death/> They began CPR until emergency medical services personnel arrived. According to the police spokesperson, Brown was alive and breathing after being transported to North Fulton Hospital in Roswell, Georgia.<ref name="CNN3Feb">{{cite news |last1=Ellis |first1=Ralph |last2=Botelho |first2=Greg |last3=Newsome |first3=John |name-list-style=and |date=February 3, 2015 |title=Bobbi Kristina Brown Move to New Hospital Amid Fight for Life |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/03/entertainment/whitney-houston-daughter-bobbi-kristina-hospitalized |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203221030/http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/03/entertainment/whitney-houston-daughter-bobbi-kristina-hospitalized/ |archive-date=February 3, 2015 |access-date=November 2, 2025 |work=CNN}}</ref><!-- Cites previous 2 sentences. --> At first, they found no evidence to indicate that drugs or alcohol caused the incident,<ref name="Krissy">{{cite news |last1=Ellis |first1=Ralph |last2=Botelho |first2=Greg |last3=Newsome |first3=John |name-list-style=and |date=January 31, 2015 |title=Whitney Houston's Daughter 'Still Alive and Breathing' in Hospital, Police Say |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/31/entertainment/whitney-houston-daughter-unresponsive |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150131215632/http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/31/entertainment/whitney-houston-daughter-unresponsive/ |archive-date=January 31, 2015 |access-date=November 2, 2025 |work=CNN}}</ref> but this was later disputed. Doctors placed Brown in an induced coma after determining her brain function was "significantly diminished", and her family was told a meaningful recovery would be "a miracle".<ref name="miracle">{{cite web|last=Helling|first=Steve|url=http://www.people.com/article/bobbi-kristina-brown-recovery-hospital-bobby-brown|title=Bobbi Kristina Brown Recovery Would Be a Miracle|work=People|date=February 1, 2015|access-date=February 1, 2015|archive-date=February 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202012922/http://www.people.com/article/bobbi-kristina-brown-recovery-hospital-bobby-brown|url-status=live}}</ref>
Brown died in hospice care on July 26, 2015, at age 22. Her death was considered similar to her mother's death, as both had died from effects of being submerged in a bathtub.<ref name="custodyrights"/><ref name="BrettJennifer">{{cite news |last=Brett |first=Jennifer |title=Bobbi Kristina died almost exactly like her mother Whitney Houston did, report says |url=https://www.ajc.com/blog/buzz/bobbi-kristina-died-almost-exactly-like-her-mother-whitney-houston-did-report-says/yxU7SIQHxUQskXphHQVCnO/ |access-date=December 28, 2021 |publisher=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=March 3, 2016}}</ref> The initial autopsy found no "obvious underlying cause of death and no significant injuries", and the Fulton County Medical Examiner's office said more tests were forthcoming.<ref name="autopsy1">{{cite news |last=Milligan |first=Mandi |title=Fulton County medical examiner releases initial findings in Bobbi Kristina's death |url=https://www.cbs46.com/news/fulton-county-medical-examiner-releases-initial-findings-in-bobbi-kristina/article_65add136-e0a5-50d4-ab2e-ee60bfdbb1d7.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227175119/https://www.cbs46.com/news/fulton-county-medical-examiner-releases-initial-findings-in-bobbi-kristina/article_65add136-e0a5-50d4-ab2e-ee60bfdbb1d7.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 27, 2021 |access-date=December 27, 2021 |publisher=CBS 46 |date=July 27, 2015 }}</ref> A statement released by the family thanked "everyone for their tremendous amount of love and support during these last few months".<ref name="death">{{cite news |last=France |first=Lisa Respers |date=July 26, 2015 |title=Bobbi Kristina Brown dies at 22 |url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/26/us/bobbi-kristina-brown-dies |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150729001006/http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/26/us/bobbi-kristina-brown-dies/ |archive-date=July 29, 2015 |access-date=July 26, 2015 |work=CNN}}</ref> Several prominent celebrities offered their condolences, including Chris Brown,<ref>{{cite web|last=Brown|first=Chris|author-link=Chris Brown|url=https://twitter.com/chrisbrown/status/625631463908745216|title=RIP BOBBI KRISTINA! ...|website=Twitter (confirmed official)|date=July 27, 2015|access-date=July 27, 2015|quote=RIP BOBBI KRISTINA! My heart goes out to the family. People please be respectful and understanding to their privacy.|archive-date=November 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151103201356/https://twitter.com/chrisbrown/status/625631463908745216|url-status=live}}</ref> Oprah Winfrey,<ref name=reax>{{cite news|last=Koziol|first=Michael|url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/ls-celebrity-news/bobbi-kristina-brown-dead-stars-react-to-whitney-houston-family-tragedy-20150727-gil7hu.html|title=Bobbi Kristina Brown dead: stars react to Whitney Houston family tragedy|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=July 27, 2015|access-date=July 27, 2015|quote=Peace at Last! #BobbiKristina|archive-date=July 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728050501/http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/ls-celebrity-news/bobbi-kristina-brown-dead-stars-react-to-whitney-houston-family-tragedy-20150727-gil7hu.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and Whitney Houston protégées Brandy and Monica. Funeral services were held August 1, 2015, at St. James United Methodist Church in Alpharetta, Georgia.<ref name=funeral>{{cite news|last=Boehm|first=Mike|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-bobbi-kristina-funeral-20150801-story.html|title=Family feud brews at Bobbi Kristina Brown's funeral|work=Los Angeles Times|date=August 1, 2015|access-date=August 1, 2015|archive-date=August 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801215625/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-bobbi-kristina-funeral-20150801-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Brown was buried two days later, between her mother and maternal grandfather, at Fairview Cemetery in Westfield, New Jersey.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myfoxny.com/story/29693144/burial-in-nj-monday-for-bobbi-kristina-brown|title=Burial in NJ Monday for Bobbi Kristina Brown|date=August 3, 2015|work=myfoxny.com|access-date=August 3, 2015|archive-date=August 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150804233402/http://www.myfoxny.com/story/29693144/burial-in-nj-monday-for-bobbi-kristina-brown|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Autopsy report=== The Fulton County Medical Examiner's office said it used both medical records and police investigative files to arrive at a determination for Brown's cause of death. According to the statement, her body tested positive for marijuana, alcohol, the cocaine metabolite benzoylecgonine, benzodiazepines (typically used to treat anxiety) and morphine.<ref name=Autopsy_Drugs>{{cite news|title=Bobbi Kristina Brown Autopsy Report Reveals She Died From 'Lobar Pneumonia'|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/bobbi-kristina-brown-autopsy-report-reveals-died-lobar/story?id=37394464|access-date=January 2, 2020|archive-date=December 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225023401/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/bobbi-kristina-brown-autopsy-report-reveals-died-lobar/story?id=37394464|url-status=live}}</ref>
As to the cause of death, it found the "underlying cause" of death as "immersion associated with drug intoxication".<ref name=COD>{{cite news|title=Bobbi Kristina Brown's cause of death revealed|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35726956|work=BBC News|access-date=June 21, 2018|archive-date=August 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815142657/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35726956|url-status=live}}</ref> However, the manner of death could not be confirmed. The summary statement read, "Death was clearly not due to natural causes, but the medical examiner was not able to determine whether death was due to intentional or accidental causes, and therefore classified the manner of death as undetermined."<ref name=COD/>
A finalized autopsy report determined Brown died of lobar pneumonia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/bobbi-kristina-brown-autopsy-report-reveals-died-lobar/story?id=37394464|title=Bobbi Kristina Brown Autopsy Report Reveals She Died From 'Lobar Pneumonia'|website=ABC News|access-date=January 2, 2020|archive-date=December 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225023401/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/bobbi-kristina-brown-autopsy-report-reveals-died-lobar/story?id=37394464|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Posthumous films== After Brown's death, a television movie about her life was released, followed by a documentary on her and her mother. TV One released ''Bobbi Kristina'' in 2017. ''The Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' wrote, "The story is ripe with melodrama as newcomer actress Joy Rovaris channels Bobbi Kristina's relationship with her mom, her love affair with Nick Gordon and the aftermath of her mother's death."<ref name="tv movie">{{cite news |last=Ho |first=Rodney |title=TV One's 'Bobbi Kristina' debuting October 8 |url=https://www.ajc.com/blog/radiotvtalk/one-bobbi-kristina-debuting-october/leGmtsfE9mwrzR4bsh42oJ/ |access-date=April 13, 2021 |publisher=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=August 31, 2017 |archive-date=April 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413220210/https://www.ajc.com/blog/radiotvtalk/one-bobbi-kristina-debuting-october/leGmtsfE9mwrzR4bsh42oJ/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Lifetime released the documentary ''Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All'' in 2021, which ''The Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' called "...less an exposé and more a loving tribute to these two women".<ref name="documentary">{{cite news |last=Ho |first=Rodney |title=Lifetime doc explores Whitney Houston, Bobbi Kristina Brown tragedies |url=https://www.ajc.com/life/radiotvtalk-blog/lifetime-doc-explores-whitney-houston-bobbi-kristina-brown-tragedies/KCYM276FP5GX3N6IE33KTRGSBM/ |access-date=April 13, 2021 |publisher=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=February 3, 2021 |archive-date=April 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413215101/https://www.ajc.com/life/radiotvtalk-blog/lifetime-doc-explores-whitney-houston-bobbi-kristina-brown-tragedies/KCYM276FP5GX3N6IE33KTRGSBM/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Discography== Brown spoke and sang in some of her mother's recordings and televised performances, as well as on a television show after her mother's death.
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+Performances and releases |- ! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Song ! scope="col"| Album ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes |- | rowspan="2" | 1998 | rowspan="3" | "My Love Is Your Love" | ''My Love Is Your Love'' | Uncredited spoken comments during the first verse and closing of the song |- |{{N/a}} | Live duet with Whitney Houston on concert stage in Poland |- | 1999 |''VH1 Divas Live 1999: Whitney Houston (Live) – Single'' | Live duet with Whitney Houston featuring Treach at the Divas Live '99 concert |- | 2003 | "Little Drummer Boy" | ''One Wish: The Holiday Album''<ref name=Mitchell1>{{cite magazine|last=Mitchell|first=Gail|title=Artist Factory Production Up|date=November 8, 2003|magazine=Billboard|page=21|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hw8EAAAAMBAJ&q=Bobbi+Kristina+and+whitney+and+little+drummer+boy&pg=PA22|access-date=February 1, 2015|archive-date=April 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426161936/https://books.google.com/books?id=Hw8EAAAAMBAJ&q=Bobbi+Kristina+and+whitney+and+little+drummer+boy&pg=PA22|url-status=live}}</ref> | Featured singer with Whitney Houston |- |2007 |"Family First" |''Tyler Perry's "Daddy's Little Girls" – Music Inspired by the Film'' |Studio recording with Whitney Houston, Cissy Houston, and Dionne Warwick |- | 2009 | "My Love Is Your Love" | {{N/a}} | Live duet with Whitney Houston at the ''Good Morning America'' Concert in Central Park on September 1, 2009 |- | 2012 | "I'm Your Baby Tonight" | {{N/a}} | Performed on ''The Houstons: On Our Own''<ref name=singingonshow1>{{cite news|title=Bobbi Kristina Tries Singing, Following in Whitney Houston's Footsteps|url=http://rapfix.mtv.com/2012/11/28/bobbi-kristina-tries-to-sing-like-whitney-houston|access-date=February 1, 2015|publisher=MTV|date=November 28, 2012|archive-date=February 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202103620/http://rapfix.mtv.com/2012/11/28/bobbi-kristina-tries-to-sing-like-whitney-houston/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |}
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Title ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes |- | 2005 ! scope="row"| ''Being Bobby Brown''<ref name=Ellis1/> | rowspan="5" | Herself | |- | 2009 ! scope="row"| ''The Oprah Winfrey Show''<ref name=tellsall1>{{cite news|title=Whitney Houston Tells All|url=http://www.oprah.com/entertainment/Oprahs-Exclusive-Interview-with-Whitney-Houston|access-date=February 1, 2015|publisher=Harpo Productions|archive-date=February 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209072636/http://www.oprah.com/entertainment/Oprahs-Exclusive-Interview-with-Whitney-Houston|url-status=live}}</ref> | Episode: "Whitney Houston" |- | rowspan="2" | 2012 ! scope="row"| ''Oprah's Next Chapter''<ref name=Gonzalez1>{{cite news|last=Gonzalez|first=John|title=Watch Oprah Winfrey interview Bobbi Kristina on OWN's 'Oprah's Next Chapter'|url=http://www.mlive.com/tv/index.ssf/2012/03/watch_oprah_winfrey_interview.html|access-date=February 1, 2015|work=MLive|date=March 11, 2012|archive-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014541/http://www.mlive.com/tv/index.ssf/2012/03/watch_oprah_winfrey_interview.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |- ! scope="row"| ''The 2012 Billboard Music Awards'' | |- | 2012–2013 ! scope="row"| ''The Houstons: On Our Own''<ref name="Ellis1">{{cite news |last1=Ellis |first1=Ralph |last2=Botelho |first2=Greg |last3=Newsome |first3=John |name-list-style=and |date=January 31, 2015 |title=Whitney Houston's daughter in medically induced coma, source says |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/31/entertainment/whitney-houston-daughter-unresponsive |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201001520/http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/31/entertainment/whitney-houston-daughter-unresponsive/ |archive-date=February 1, 2015 |access-date=November 2, 2025 |work=CNN}}</ref> | |- | 2012 ! scope="row"| ''For Better or Worse''<ref name=Carlson1>{{cite news|last=Carlson|first=Erin|title=Tyler Perry on Whitney Houston's Daughter Bobbi Kristina: 'That Kid Has a Such a Future'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tyler-perry-bobbi-kristina-for-better-or-worse-341695|access-date=February 1, 2015|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=June 26, 2012|archive-date=February 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207105805/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tyler-perry-bobbi-kristina-for-better-or-worse-341695|url-status=live}}</ref> | Tina the receptionist<ref name=roleonTyperPerry>{{cite book|last=Fearn-Banks|first=Kathleen|title=Historical Dictionary of African American Television|date=2014|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9780810879171|page=77}}</ref> | |- | 2021 ! scope="row"| ''Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All''<ref name="documentary"/> | Herself | Posthumous Lifetime television documentary |}
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