Nick Gordon told his ‘step-dad’ he was looking forward to 2020, just before his tragic death on New Year’s Day.
The 30-year-old ex-fiancé of Bobbi Kristina Brown and unofficial adopted son of Whitney Houston tragically passed away from a suspected drug overdose yesterday.
He reportedly had a series of heart attacks and was rushed into intensive care in Florida, with doctors being unable to revive him.
And now his unofficial step-father, Jack Walker Jr – who was never married to Nick’s mother, Michelle, but was like a father to him growing up – has shared information from his last conversation with his son.
‘I spoke with Nick during the day,’ he told the DailyMail. ‘He seemed happy, he seemed calm, everything was going good.’
Jack added: ‘He was a free spirit, he was in a good state of mind. Everything that Nick was doing was great.
‘He told me 2020 was going to be better than 2019. He had a great job.’
Nick’s step-father previously confirmed to PEOPLE that he passed away.
‘We are devastated by the loss of my beautiful brother,’ he said in a statement.
‘He leaves a void in the hearts of my family and his friends. Nick’s battle in life was not an easy one. I will be forever grateful that my God afforded a small moment at the very end of Nick’s life, and I was able to hold his hand as he journeyed on.’
Bobbi Kristina – the daughter of Bobby and Whitney Houston – died on 26 July, 2015 after six months in a medically-induced coma from being found face down in a bathtub.
She was 22-years-old.
The underlying cause of death was determined as immersion associated with drug intoxication, but the manner of death was undetermined.
A year after Bobbi’s death, her boyfriend Nick was found responsible for Bobbi’s wrongful death and ordered to pay $36 million to Bobbi’s estate.
Nick was a close friend of the Houston family and lived with them as a teenager.
Before they got engaged, Bobbi referred to Nick as her ‘big brother’. They announced they had got married in 2014, but it was later revealed they never legally married.
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