Biography: Bobby Brown
★ 7 · 2022 · 42m · Documentary
Taking a personal look at the American Music Award winner's journey to superstardom and the fallout from his personal struggles with sobriety and the tragic deaths of his two children and first wife, Whitney Houston.
Episodes
1. Birth and Rebirth42m · Chronicling the life of Bobby Brown from the Orchard Park housing projects of Roxbury, Massachusetts through his rise to fame with New Edition and beyond.
2. Doing it the Bobby Brown Way42m · Brown reflects on his rise to stardom with revealing personal stories about becoming a pop culture icon and R&B's #1 "Bad Boy." Bobby meets his match when he falls in love with singing sensation Whitney Houston and gives an inside look at their family and tumultuous relationship.
3. Passion and Pain43m · Bobby Brown shares never-before-heard stories about his passionate relationship with Whitney Houston and their drug-fueled spiral downward. Bobby's children give an inside look at what it was like to have Whitney as a stepmom.
4. Lost and Found42m · Bobby Brown struggles with his sobriety after the shocking deaths of two of his children. He reveals how his new marriage and family with Alicia Etheredge-Brown saved his life and give him hope for the future.More Like This
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