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PEOPLE & ARTS Saturday 28 april 2018
Bobby Brown struggles with daughter's death in biopic taping

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. "The Bobby Brown Story," Bobbi Kris," Collins said.
Associated Press airing on BET in September. "Whenever you talk about
ATLANTA (AP) — Bobby The miniseries details the her, he gets emotional.
Brown often broke into rise of Brown, who became A loss of a child is some-
tears as he watched a multiplatinum sensation thing I can't even begin to
scenes being filmed involv- as a solo artist but was also fathom. But he got there
ing his daughter's death for defined by his highly-publi- and explained what hap-
his upcoming biopic. cized drug use, legal woes pened, the nature of their
"You never really get over and tumultuous marriage relationship."
it," he said about the death to Houston. In memory of his daugh-
of Bobbi Kristina Brown, Brown's biopic is a con- ter, Brown created the
who was found unrespon- tinuation of BET's success- Bobbi Kristina Brown Seren-
sive in a bathtub in 2015. ful "The New Edition Story" ity House, a not-for-profit
She died at the age of 22 miniseries last year. It picks organization designed to
after six months in a coma. up after Brown's departure assist women who have
Sporting a gold pendant from the group but does been victims of domestic
with a picture of him and show scenes from his child- violence.
Bobbi Kristina, Brown said hood as well. “We’re trying to build hous-
in a recent interview that Brown was often on set for es for battered women and
he's still having a hard time the taping. His spirits were men to have a safe haven,
coping with the death of high during a reenact- so they’ll have a safe place
his daughter. She is also the ment of a performance to go,” he said. “We are
daughter of the Whitney of Brown's 1988 smash hit very serious about this. I just
Houston, who died in 2012. "My Prerogative." But when don’t want to see any fa-
"I go through it every day," Bobbi Kristina's name was ther or mother go through
he said. "Just the thought brought up, it became a losing a child.”
of her and looking at my sensitive subject for Brown Brown blames his daugh-
youngest daughter and my and others. ter’s former boyfriend, Nick
other kids, knowing they'll "You would see the emo- Gordon, for her death. Gor-
never get to know their tions on his face, (him) tear- don was found responsible
oldest sister is a struggle. ing up," said Woody Mc- in a wrongful death lawsuit
It gets rough sometimes. Clain, who reprises his role In this June 21, 2017 file photo, Bobby Brown wears a photo of and an Atlanta judge or-
his daughter Bobbi Kristina around his neck at the Los Angeles
Of course, I have to go as Brown in the new biopic. premiere of "Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story" in Beverly dered him to pay $36 mil-
through it because I can't "I would quickly switch the Hills, Calif. lion to Bobbi Kristina’s es-
change it." subject. I don't want him to Associated Press tate.
Bobbi Kristina and his tumul- relive it again. Those are su- Brown’s wife, Alicia-Eth-
tuous marriage to Houston per tough moments." and "The New Edition Story," "That was the hardest part eredge Brown, hopes her
are some of the most dif- Jesse Collins, executive said Bobbi Kristina's death in was getting him to talk husband can find therapy
ficult subjects explored in producer of Brown's biopic particular still haunts Brown. about (stuff), especially through it all.q

Neville Brothers saxophonist Charles Neville dead at 79

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New A publicist for Aaron Nev- annual New Orleans Jazz &
Orleans-born saxophone ille's management agency Heritage Festival.
player Charles Neville, who confirmed the death in an The Neville Brothers were
once backed up B.B. King email. Aaron Neville, who a fixture on closing day of
and later gained fame with first disclosed the news to the festival for years. And
the Neville Brothers band WWL-TV in New Orleans, members of the family con-
and their rollicking blend of declined an interview but tinue to be a part of the
funk, jazz and rhythm and posted a lengthy tribute to event. Aaron is scheduled
blues, has died. He was 79. his brother on Facebook. for a May 4 performance.
His death came Thursday, "I know you have a spot in Charles' daughter, sing-
months after he disclosed the heavenly band next er Charmaine Neville, is
he was fighting pancreatic to James Booker, James scheduled for a May 5 per-
cancer. Black, Herbert Hardesty, formance, the same day
Neville's career dated to the Fats Domino, Johnny Ad- Aaron's son Ivan performs
1950s when he performed ams all the jazz bebop with his band Dumpstaph-
with King and other musi- players who you turned me unk.
cal greats. Yet he was best on to," Aaron Neville wrote. Charles' Neville's life includ-
known for three decades "Dizzy, Charlie Parker, Miles ed a stint at Louisiana's state In a May 4, 2008 file photo, Charles Neville arrives with The Nev-
of performances with his and the list goes on." prison in the early 1960s. ille Brothers on stage to perform during the 2008 New Orleans
Jazz & Heritage Festival at the New Orleans Fairgrounds Race-
siblings Aaron, Art and Cyril Charles Neville, who lived He told an interviewer that track in New Orleans.
as the Grammy-winning in Massachusetts in recent he was sentenced to five Associated Press
Neville Brothers band. The years, had announced in years for possession of two
band was formed in the January that he had pan- marijuana cigarettes. The musicianship. to books on music, and, at
1970s and gained fans with creatic cancer. prison was notoriously dan- He explained that he times, exposure to other im-
high-energy performances His death came a day gerous but Neville said on worked in the prison music prisoned musicians. "James
featuring a distinctive fu- before the opening of his the public radio program room. "I stayed in the music Booker was there," he said,
sion of funk, jazz and New home town's signature mu- "Music Inside Out" that the room practicing all day," referring to a celebrated
Orleans rhythm and blues. sical and cultural event, the time there sharpened his he said. He also had access New Orleans pianist.q