Whitney Houston and Bobbi Kristina Brown had been like mother, like daughter — in just right instances and in bad.

The “I Will Always Love You” singer welcomed her most effective kid in March 1993 with her then-husband, Bobby Brown. Bobbi Kristina was born into song royalty as no longer handiest the daughter of Whitney but additionally the granddaughter of Cissy Houston and the first cousin as soon as removed of Dee Dee Warwick, Dionne Warwick and Leontyne Price.

Bobbi Kristina’s parents met on the Soul Train Music Awards in April 1989. They changed into buddies quickly after but did not get started courting until just about two years later. Bobby proposed to Whitney within the spring of 1991, and the couple tied the knot in July 1992.

In the start of their romance, Whitney and Bobby were head over heels for each other, such a lot so that he postponed the follow-up to his iconic 1988 album, Don’t Be Cruel, to be with her, Bobbi Kristina and his 3 kids from earlier relationships: Landon Brown, La’Princia Brown and Bobby Brown Jr.

“I wanted to return out with an album a lot faster,” the “My Prerogative” crooner stated on Ebony/Jet Showcase in 1993. “I took my time and spent a large number of time with my youngsters. I spent a lot of time falling in love with my wife, with my family and caring for my industry.”

But as the years went by way of, Whitney and Bobby’s private struggles — which infamously included infidelity, domestic violence and drug abuse — started to force a wedge between them. They separated in September 2006 and divorced the following April. After the case was once finalized, the Bodyguard actress was awarded custody of Bobbi Kristina, whilst the New Edition member received visitation rights.

Bobbi Kristina had a detailed bond with her mother in the years that adopted before they each met premature deaths. In February 2012, Whitney died at the age of 48 after drowning in a bath forward of the Grammy Awards. Heart illness and cocaine use had been indexed as contributing components in her demise.

The legendary performer’s daughter struggled to cope with her mother’s demise and in brief spent time at a hospital as a result of she used to be “beaten,” in step with their circle of relatives. Then, in January 2015, Bobbi Kristina was once discovered facedown in a tub at her Georgia house, eerily very similar to the way in which that Whitney died. Emergency personnel transported Bobbi Kristina to a close-by health center, the place she remained in a coma till June 2015. She was then moved to hospice care prior to passing away in July 2016 at age 22.

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Bobby — who married Alicia Etheredge in June 2012 and welcomed Cassius Brown, Bodhi Brown and Hendrix Brown with her — wrote by means of Instagram in July 2020 that Bobbi Kristina is “in my middle [and] on my thoughts on a daily basis.”

Scroll down to see a timeline of Bobbi Kristina’s life with her well-known oldsters.

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