‘Rest in peace with your mum’, fans react to Whitney Houston’s daughter Bobbi Kristina death
Bobbi Kristina Brown,
the only child of pop legend Whitney Houston and singer Bobby Brown,
died Sunday aged 22, six months after she was found unconscious in a bathtub in
her home.
“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,” a short family statement said, adding she was surrounded by loved ones
as she slipped away.
Bobbi-Kristina & mum Whitney Houston |
Whitney, Bobby-Brown & Baby Bobbi-Kristina |
Bobbi Kristina & boyfriend Nick Gordon |
Bobby Brown (Dad) |
Bobbi Kristina — sole heir to Houston’s estate — was
discovered face down and unresponsive in her bathtub in her Atlanta, Georgia
home on January 31.
She was revived by emergency crews but lost significant brain function
and was placed in a medically induced coma. She died at a hospice in Duluth,
Georgia.
She passed away, according to the TMZ
celebrity website, after her family decided to “take her off all meds.”
Her death — which a source told Entertainment
Tonight was linked to an apparent drug overdose — drew eerie parallels to that
of her mother, who was found face down in a bathtub in a Los Angeles hotel on
February 11, 2012, on the eve of the Grammy Awards.
Many Houston fans sent messages of support
for the family on Twitter, saying Bobbi Kristina would be reunited
with her mother.
“Rest In Heaven. You were loved, Bobbi Kristina Brown,”
actress and singer Holly Robinson Peete said on Twitter.
Oprah Winfrey tweeted: “Peace at Last!”
Grammy-winning performer Missy Elliott
tweeted: “My heart is truly heavy. May u rest in peace with your mommy.”
Bobbi Kristina‘s parents separated in
2006 and divorced in 2007, with Houston awarded custody of their daughter, amid
claims of abuse and drug use in the high-profile relationship.
They were by all accounts extremely close, with
Bobbi Kristina accompanying her mother to events and awards shows.
Her parents appeared in a 2005 reality show
“Being Bobby Brown” that shed some light on their personal struggles
and family challenges.
After her mother’s death, Bobbi Kristina —
who had hoped to follow in Houston’s footsteps as a singer — and several
relatives appeared in another reality show, discussing their grieving and
working on picking up the pieces.
A final coroner’s report said Houston may
have overdosed on drugs and alcohol before drowning, and that drug-related
heart damage played a part in her death.
The circumstances that led to Bobbi Kristina being
pulled unconscious from a bathtub are similarly murky.
In February, US media reported that police
had opened a criminal probe into Bobbi Kristina‘s boyfriend Nick Gordon,
who reportedly said that it was he who found her in the bathtub.
The reports said that Bobbi Kristina sustained
unexplained injuries prior to the incident, while there are also claims of a
drug overdose, but no criminal charges have been brought.
Gordon spent years being raised by Houston in
her home and grew up alongside Bobbi Kristina, although he was never
formally adopted by the pop singer.
He and Bobbi Kristina revealed
their romantic relationship after her mother’s death.
There had been growing fears for Bobbi Kristina‘s
long-term health after she was moved to the Duluth hospice a month ago.
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