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On Jan. 1, 2020, Nick Gordon, 30, passed away.
The official cause of death has been released and Nick died from a heroin overdose.
We covered the story, Nick was found unresponsive by his brother in a hotel room. During a 9-1-1 call, Nick had black liquid coming from his mouth, which prompted paramedics to arrive at the scene. When help arrived, Nick wasn’t breathing and was taken to a hospital. He was given Narcan but it didn’t help him. He suffered a series of heart attacks before passing away at Altamonte Springs Hospital.
Nick was raised by Whitney Houston since the age of eight after his mother asked the singer to care for her son. Although Nick and Bobbi were brought up like a brother and sister bond, they began dating in 2012 and got engaged the following year.
Bobbi died in 2015 from lobar pneumonia after being in a coma for nearly six months. Before going in a coma, she was found in a bathtub filled with water with a mix of drugs and alcohol in her system.
The civil court found Nick guilty of Bobbi’s death, he had been with her that night. Nick was ordered to pay 36 million dollars to her estate.