[ 2015-02-01 ]

Whitney Houston’s daughter found unresponsive in bathtub
Whitney Houston's daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown
was found unresponsive on Saturday morning in a
bathtub full of water in Roswell, Georgia, police
in the Atlanta suburb said.

Brown, 21, "was not breathing" when a man
identified as her husband and a friend found her
at about 10:25 a.m. at a townhouse in a Roswell
subdivision, police spokeswoman Lisa Holland said.
They called 911 and performed CPR until public
safety officers arrived and took over, she said.

Brown was transported to North Fulton Hospital,
where "she is still alive and breathing. Other
than that, I don't know her condition," Holland
said on Saturday afternoon at a press briefing.

Nobody knows what caused Brown's unresponsiveness,
Holland said. Police are talking to friends and
family and obtaining a search warrant so they can
look through the residence, she said.

The police spokeswoman noted one oddity in the
case: "Her mother died in the very same manner."

It was three years ago February 11 that Brown's
mother, renowned signer Whitney Houston, was found
dead -- in a bathtub -- in The Beverly Hilton,
hours before she was to attend a pre-Grammys bash
there.

An autopsy later revealed that she'd drowned face
down in "extremely hot water" about 12 inches
deep. The Los Angeles County coroner ruled it an
accidental drowning with the "effects of
atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use"
being contributing factors. Brown is her only
child.

"She encourages me and inspires me," Houston once
said of her daughter. "When I look at her eyes and
I see myself, I go, 'Okay. I can do this. I can do
this.'"

Daughter of acclaimed singer, R&B standout

Brown was born in 1993 during Houston's marriage
to R&B singer Bobby Brown, which ended in divorce
in 2007.

The daughter of music royalty became a public
figure during the mid-2000s reality show "Being
Bobby Brown," in which she frequently appeared
alongside her parents and often had a front-row
seat to their marital fireworks.

Mother and daughter even performed together on
national TV in 2009, when the two sang "My Love Is
Your Love" in Central Park on ABC's "Good Morning
America."

Given the pair's close relationship, it's no
surprise that Houston's death was a major blow.

Days after her mother's body was found, a grieving
Bobbi Kristina -- then 18 -- was taken to
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center because she was
"overwhelmed," family friend Kim Burrell said.

"She loves hard," Burrell said then of Bobbi
Kristina. "She's going to be OK, and we're going
to see to it."

Married a man who was taken in by Houston

As 2012 rolled on, speculation grew over whether
the then-underage Brown was intoxicated during
episodes of Lifetime's brief reality show "The
Houstons: On Our Own," which followed life for the
family after Houston's death.

One of that reality show's storylines revolved
around Brown's relationship with Nick Gordon, who
lived with Houston and her daughter from the age
of 12.

Months later, Brown reportedly got engaged to
Gordon.

And in January 2014, she tweeted out a picture of
wedding rings, presumably belonging to her and
Gordon, along with the words, #HappilyMarried•
SO#Inlove."

"(Houston) made me promise several times to look
after Krissy ... and, Mom, I will never ever, ever
break that promise," Gordon told the entertainment
show "Extra" afterward, saying Houston "just
treated me like she gave birth to me" "She wanted
this. This is something she wanted to see."

It was unclear whether Gordon came home Saturday
morning to find his wife in the bathtub or had
been in another part of the house overnight,
Holland said.

Concern for Brown surged again after news broke.

Music director Michael Bearden sent along "healing
energy to the daughter of a late great friend."
Songwriter Diane Warren tweeted, "I hope Bobbi
Kristina gets the help she needs."

"Poor thing," Warren added. "Almost 3 yrs to the
day her mom passed and the same thing almost
happened to her."

Source - CNN

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