Nick Gordon, partner of the late Bobbi Kristina Brown the only daughter of the late Whitney Houston and singer Bobby Brown is dead at the age of 30, his lawyer said Wednesday. The movie was a moderate success, earning approximately $50 million at the U.S. box offices. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) The suit was later amended to allege that Gordon gave Unfortunately, that was not to happen. 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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | TERMS OF USE | PRIVACY | YOUR AD CHOICES | SITEMAP, Whitney Houston and daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown in 2011, Whitney Houston, daughter Kristina and Bobby Brown in November 2003. Through her father, Bobbi had six half-siblings: Landon, La'Princia, Bobby Jr, Cassius, Bodhi, and Estelle. I know the eye of the camera is on meeye to eye. The Bay Area native is a graduate of UC Berkeley and started at the Los Angeles Times in 2004. ", Asked what he thought contributed to her death, he said: "Just being brokenhearted.". Later that month, she told her followers to expect to hear her music soon, implying that she had inherited her mother's talent. With no siblings or spouse in the picture, here's what happened to Bobbi Kristina's money after she died. I love children, so I wanted to deal with children. When she reached 30, she was to receive the rest of Whitney's $115 million estate. 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", Whitney said that drugs "sometimes" gave her a sense of relief, telling Oprah at the time: "Don't forget, there were some times we'd laugh our tails off.". In 2019, another new Houston single surfaced, this one a cover of Steve Winwood's 1986 hit "Higher Love." Astrological Sign: Leo, Death Year: 2012, Death date: February 11, 2012, Death State: California, Death City: Beverly Hills, Death Country: United States, Article Title: Whitney Houston Biography, Author: Biography.com Editors, Website Name: The Biography.com website, Url: https://www.biography.com/musicians/whitney-houston, Publisher: A&E; Television Networks, Last Updated: May 3, 2021, Original Published Date: April 3, 2014. Houston and Bobbi Kristina were each discovered unresponsive in a bathtub. She brings me a lot of joy, Whitney If you do that, you havent got a lawsuit. Additionally, unlike in the film, Houston first approached Pat Houston to work for her in 2000, during her Hawaiian drug bust case. Houston named Brown her sole heir and set up a trust to dole out money to her daughter at ages 21, 25 and 30. After becoming the opening act for singer Jeffrey Osborne and Luther Vandross on their US amphitheatre tour and playing at various American theaters, festivals, and clubs in 1985, In the suit, Browns estate conservator Bedelia Hargrove alleged that Gordon gave Bobbi Kristina a toxic cocktail rendering her unconscious and then put her face down in a tub of cold water This was all part of a scheme to control Bobbi Kristina and benefit from her wealth, the lawsuit states. In January 2015, Bobbi Kristina was involved in a car accident. John was married to Cissy Houston between 1959 to 1990, even though John wasolderthan Cissy by 13 years. We were paying money. Get all latest content delivered to your email a few times a month. The 22-year-old died in July 2015 after being found unconscious in a bathtub in her Atlanta homesix months before. Gordon had reportedly been living in Florida in the years following Bobbi Kristinas death. A multimillion-dollar civil suit filed by the conservator of Bobbi Kristina Browns estate alleged that Gordon had physically abused Bobbi Kristina Brown including knocking out teeth and dragging her up stairs and had controlled her and had taken a significant amount of money from her without permission. "We wanted to get clean, settle down, get married, have kids.". The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album is the best-selling gospel album of all time. Witnesses offer conflicting accounts, Mars Voltas lead singer broke with Scientology and reunited with the band. The family unit also included Gary, who was Cissys first child from her previous marriage. In spite of these growing personal troubles, Houston continued to progress in her career, crossing over successfully into acting in 1992 by starring opposite Kevin Costner in the wildly popular movie The Bodyguard. Let's get that straight. In early 2014, the coupleannounced their marriage but her father Bobby Brown's lawyer said in a 2015 statement: "Bobbi Kristina is not and has never been married to Nick Gordon.". The only child of Houston and singer John Russell Houston was survived by his wife, Barbara, and his five children. "Whitney found her, pulled her out and slept in her bed that night," he claimed. We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back. Whitney Houston and her daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown in 2011. "She narrated a lot of it herself. Marijuana, alcohol, a cocaine byproduct, morphine, and an anxiety medication were found in her system. She was a backup singer for top artists including Roy Hamilton, Dionne Warwick, Elvis Presley, and Aretha Franklin. Even though the lawsuit didnt mention John Russell Houstons name, his daughter got accused of not paying for services rendered by the company on her behalf. John Houstons wife Cissy Houston was also a singer. Her grandmother, Cissy Houston, had called the relationship "incestuous" when they started dating. In 2002, the feud between Whitney Houston and her father was a significant topic of conversation among several media outlets and pop-culture enthusiasts. Cocaine was found in her system at the time of her death. Bobbi Kristina was in a coma for nearly six months. "We weren't on crack. Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. Site contains certain content that is owned A&E Television Networks, LLC. 1s and earned Houston a Grammy, with later albums including I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990) and My Love Is Your Love (1998) as well as soundtracks to The Bodyguard (1992) and Waiting to Exhale (1995). In March 2012, Bobbi said she felt her mother's spirit, and she aimed to carry on her mother's legacy by doing the "singing thing," as well as starting a career as an actor and dancer. Nick told the Daily Mail in 2016 that Bobbi Kristina had been struggling to cope after suffering two miscarriages ahead of her death. According to the suit filed in Atlanta, Gordon allegedly gave Bobbi Kristina a toxic cocktail rendering her unconscious and then put her face down in a tub of cold water causing her to suffer brain damage.. With this project, she set a trend for her films to follow: For each movie she also released hit singles, creating sensational record sales for the soundtracks. She also revealed fairly extensive plans to follow in her parent's footsteps. Whitney gave birth to her first and only child, Bobbi Kristina Brown, with her then-husband Bobby Brown on March 4, 1993. Times staff writer Christie DZurilla contributed to this report. It was nominated for five Image Awards, including Outstanding Motion Picture, and won twofor Best Actress (Whitney Houston) and Best Supporting Actress (Loretta Devine). Its why this is so messed up. "She wasnt breathing so I gave her mouth-to-mouth. There was also an open bottle of champagne and other personal items believed to belong to the late songstress. After Houston's death, the world watched as Brown sat next to her grandmother, gospel legend Cissy Houston, during a four-hour "home going" ceremony at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, N.J., where some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry, including Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys and Kevin Costner, paid tribute to Houston. Gordon joined Brown and the Houstons on the Lifetime reality series "The Houstons: On Our Own," and the pair continued to keep people guessing about the status of their relationship. Web17. Everyone that has a life has a story. At first, the marriage was passionate and loving, but things turned sour as the decade progressed. Attorneys representing Browns estate announced the $36million (28million) decision for damages, awarded by Fulton County Superior Court Judge T Jackson Bedford. On February 11, 2012, Whitney was due to appear at Clive Davis' Grammys party the night before the award show. ET on ABC Cissy Houston taught her daughter how to sing and Whitney Houston began to perform in their church gospel choir. And I wouldn't mistake it for anything else other than that. Whitney Elizabeth Houston was born into a musical family on 9 August 1963, in Newark, New Jersey, the daughter of gospel star Cissy Houston (ne Emily Lee Drinkard) and John Russell Houston, Jr., and cousin of singing star Dionne Warwick. For this reason, all of Whitney Houston's money reverted to the estate, benefitting Houston's mother Cissy Houston and Houston's two brothers, according to ET Online. Houston earned $10 million for the role, making her one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood at the time and the highest-earning African-American actress in Hollywood. It alleged Gordon had maneuvered himself into a boyfriend role and then fraudulently represented himself as Bobbi Kristina Browns husband to access the multimillion-dollar estate shed inherited. Daughter Bobbi Kristina dealt with much tumult after the death of her mother. She would go on to become most famous for appearing on reality TV. The soundtrack to the film, which has sold over twelve million copies worldwide, also featured exclusively female African-American artists, and, at the 39th Grammy Awards in 1997, received a total of eleven nominations including Album of the Year, Song of the Year for "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" and three Best Female R&B Vocal Performance nominees, then won Best R&B Song for "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)". The previous fall, Brown had posted a video on social media of her singing a capella Adele's "Someone Like You." ALSO, READ; R. Kellys Siblings: Theresa, Bruce, Carey, Cassandra, And Lisa Kelly- Who Are His Siblings? A friend of Nick's stated in a deposition, according to E!, that Bobbi Kristina "smoked marijuana, she probably smoked crack often, and she also did heroin.". Classic Whitney: Live from Washington, D.C. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Whitney_Houston_filmography&oldid=1151843893, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Houston appeared in this commercial before debut as a professional singer and sang the praises of sugar-free Canada Dry. Visit the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration website or contact SAMHSA's National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357). Only three years earlier, Bobbi Kristina Brown's mother Whitney Houston had also died. The only child of Houston and singer Bobby Brown, Bobbi Kristina was with her mother in Los Angeles on Feb. 11, 2012, when the singer was found dead in a hotel bathtub. Houston also made a point to bring her daughter, Bobbi Kristina, on all of her international tours, rather than leave her daughter at home. At the time, she was being sued by her fathers company, John Houston Enterprises, for millions of dollars, with allegations of failure to pay for services. She had been to rehab twice at that point once in 2004 and again in 2005 and would give sobriety another shot in 2011. As reported by People Magazine, a conservator was appointed when Bobbi Kristina was placed in a coma, managing her assets, likeness, rights, and legal claims. in 2015 that she feared Nick. She appeared with Whitney during an interview with Barbara Walters at just eight months old, and at one she appeared on stage at the 1994 American Music Awards when her mother accepted an award. She made her screen acting debut as Rachel Marron in the romantic thriller film The Bodyguard (1992). We strive for accuracy and fairness.If you see something that doesn't look right,contact us! The recording received a warm welcome from music fans, making it to the top of album charts. READ MORE: Inside Whitney Houston's Relationship With Best Friend Robyn Crawford. But by the age of 10 or 11, when I opened my mouth and said, 'Oh God, what's this?' The musician had been a longtime friend of hers. Their relationship turned romantic at some point, with the pair announcing their engagement on The Houstons: On Our Own in 2012. Bobbi Kristina Brown was only 18 years old at the time of her mother's death, according to Showbiz CheatSheet.