Published 11:18 IST, January 2nd 2020

Ex-partner of Bobbi Kristina Brown dies at age 30

Nick Gordon, who was found liable in the death of his ex-partner Bobbi Kristina Brown, has died. He was 30.

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Nick Gordon, who was found liable in death of his ex-partner Bobbi Kristina Brown, has died. He was 30.

Gordon’s attorney Joe S. Habachy confirmed his client’s death in a statement Wednesday to Associated Press. Atlanta attorney did t give a cause of death or say where it occurred.

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Gordon’s death comes nearly five years after Brown, daughter of singers Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, was found face-down and unresponsive in a bathtub in January 2015. 22-year-old died after six months in a coma.

Investigators with medical examiner’s office were t able to determine exactly how Bobbi Kristina Brown died. An autopsy showed that she h morphine, cocaine, alcohol and prescription drugs in her body, but medical examiner couldn’t determine if she killed herself, if someone else killed her or if her death was accidental.

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Her family blamed Gordon, accusing him in lawsuit of giving her a “toxic cocktail” before putting her face-down in water.

Gordon was never charged in case, but he was found responsible in a wrongful death lawsuit. An Atlanta judge ordered him to pay $36 million to Brown’s estate.

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Houston brought Gordon into her household as an orphan at of 12, raising him and her daughter after divorcing Bobby Brown in 2007.

Gordon wore a large tattoo of Houston’s face on his arm and called singer “mom,” but music superstar never fully opted him or included him in her will. Houston died in 2012 after she drowned in a bathtub. Coroner’s officials ruled Houston’s death accidental and said heart disease and cocaine were contributing factors.

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After Houston’s death, Gordon and Bobbi Kristina went public with ir romance.

“Despite all of incredible challenges Nick faced over last few years I can honestly say that he worked hard to hold his he up and stay sober and that he genuinely wanted a happy healthy life with his family more than anything else,” Habachy said in a statement.

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11:18 IST, January 2nd 2020