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 The incident comes nearly three years after Houston, a superstar
who battled substance abuse, drowned in a bathtub in Beverly Hills,
California, in February 2012. Authorities have said cocaine use and
heart disease contributed to her death.
Brown, 21, was found on Saturday in the bathtub at her suburban
Atlanta home by her husband Nick Gordon and a friend, the Roswell
Police Department said. Gordon started CPR and police continued
life-saving measures until an ambulance arrived and took her to the
hospital.
“Privacy is requested in this matter. Please allow for my family to
deal with this matter and give my daughter the love and support she
needs at this time,” said Bobby Brown in a statement issued by his
lawyer Christopher Brown.
 Brown was taken to North Fulton Hospital in Roswell, a suburb north
of Atlanta, police said.
Doctors put her in a medically induced coma, according to CNN and
other media, all of whom quoted a single source close the family,
but the hospital would not confirm those reports or give any updates
on her condition.
In January 2014, Brown married Gordon, who was also raised but never
adopted by Houston, one of the best-selling recording artists of all
time.
Houston, whose dozens of hit songs include "How Will I Know" and "I
Will Always Love You," was the daughter of gospel singer Cissy
Houston and a cousin of pop singer Dionne Warwick.
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Bobbi Kristina Brown's father, Bobby Brown, is a Grammy Award winner
who started his career as frontman for the R&B group New Edition.
Both of Bobbi Kristina's parents struggled with substance abuse, and
Houston described their 15-year marriage, which ended in 2007, as
drug- and alcohol-fueled. Bobby Brown was sentenced to 55 days in
jail in 2013 after admitting to driving drunk in 2012.
Bobbi Kristina Brown was hospitalized twice with anxiety after her
mother's death.
(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee; Editing by Eric Walsh)
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