Editing Bobby Brown (section)

=== Children ===
Brown has fathered seven children. His eldest, Landon, was born on June 22, 1986, to Melika Williams.<ref name="PeopleWedding" /> He has two children with Kim Ward, whom he met around 1980; daughter La'Princia<ref>Spelling per her Twitter account: [https://twitter.com/laprinciaxo La'Princia Q. Brown]. Retrieved on February 24, 2016.</ref> (b. 1989) and son Bobby Brown Jr. (1991–2020). His and Ward's on-and-off 11-year relationship ended in 1991. At three months pregnant, Ward found out Brown was engaged to Whitney Houston.<ref name="bostonmagazine">{{cite web|url=http://www.bostonmagazine.com/2006/05/bobby-browns-bum-rap/|title=Bobby Brown's Bum Rap|last=Wolfson|first=John|date=July 2004|work=Boston Magazine|access-date=February 24, 2016|archive-date=February 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220090653/http://www.bostonmagazine.com/2006/05/bobby-browns-bum-rap/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Houston suffered miscarriages in 1992, 1994, and 1996. His only child with Houston was [[Bobbi Kristina Brown]] (1993–2015). Brown has three children with Alicia Etheredge: a son born in 2009, and daughters born in 2015 and 2016.<ref>{{cite news|date=July 16, 2015|title=Bobby Brown Names His Newborn Daughter Amid Bobbi Kristina Tragedy|work=[[Us Weekly]]|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/bobby-brown-names-his-baby-daughter-bodhi-jameson-rein--2015167}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=July 30, 2016|title=Bobby Brown's Newborn Daughter's Name Is Revealed: 'I'm Grateful'|work=[[Us Weekly]]|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/bobby-browns-newborn-daughters-name-is-revealed-w431816}}</ref>

In January 2015, Brown's daughter Bobbi Kristina was found unconscious in her bathtub at her residence in [[Roswell, Georgia]]. The 21-year-old was rushed to North Fulton Hospital where she was placed on a ventilator in a medically induced coma to stop the swelling of her brain. It was reported her brain activity was "low". Brown rushed to his daughter's side and released a statement to the press requesting them to respect the family's privacy. She was later transferred to [[Emory University Hospital]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/03/entertainment/whitney-houston-daughter-bobbi-kristina-hospitalized/index.html|title=Bobbi Kristina Brown moved to new hospital amid fight for life|date=February 3, 2015 }}</ref> After doctors concluded significant brain function was unlikely to occur, Bobbi Kristina was removed from the ventilator and put in the care of Hospice in Duluth, Georgia. She died there on July 26, 2015, at age 22.<ref name="BKB_dead">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/26/us/bobbi-kristina-brown-dies/|title=Bobbi Kristina Brown dies at 22|last=Respers France|first=Lisa|date=July 26, 2015|work=[[CNN]]|access-date=July 26, 2015}}</ref>

On November 18, 2020, Brown's son Bobby Jr., age 28, was found dead in his home.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bobby Brown's Son Bobby Jr. Dead at 28|url=https://www.tmz.com/2020/11/18/bobby-brown-son-bobby-jr-dead-dies/|access-date=November 19, 2020|website=TMZ|date=November 19, 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/bobby-brown-pays-instagram-tribute-to-late-son-three-years-after-death-8407175#:~:text=Bobby%20Brown%20Jr.,Digital%20Writer%2FEditor%20at%20PEOPLE.|magazine=People|title=Bobby Brown Pays Instagram Tribute to Late Son Three Years After Death|date=November 27, 2023|access-date=March 27, 2024}}</ref> His death was ruled an accidental overdose of cocaine, fentanyl, and alcohol.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/music/bobby-brown-jr-cause-of-death-cocaine-fentanyl-alcohol-overdose/|magazine=People|title=Bobby Brown Jr. Died of Accidental Overdose of Cocaine, Fentanyl and Alcohol: Coroner|date=March 22, 2021|access-date=March 27, 2024}}</ref>