Bobby Brown takes his late daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown with him wherever he goes.
The “My Prerogative” singer, 54, who was honored for his work with the Bobbi Kristina Serenity House Foundation at the A World of Good Gala on Friday night, told PEOPLE exclusively what it means to receive the recognition.
Brown founded a domestic violence nonprofit in his daughter’s name after her sudden death in 2015. Asked if it made sense that he could do so much good on her behalf, he said, “Yes, it did.”
Brown added that his daughter is “always present” with him, and even showed off a pendant he wore with a picture of him and Bobbi Kristina together. “She will always be there,” he repeated.
Bobby Brown attends the 2023 Annual “A World Of Good” Gala at the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles in Beverly Hills on September 29, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.
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Brown and his wife, Alicia Etheredge, were honored with the Movement Maker Award at the ceremony, and during his speech, Brown talked about the challenges of creating a nonprofit organization and what it means to him to be able to do good.
“I’m grateful for In a Perfect World. Thank you very much for this honor,” he said. “We started this from the bottom of our hearts, just because we are lonely and sad.”
“[I’m grateful] that I could do something to help them, to be there for them, to give them a safe haven in their time of need,” Brown added of his organizing efforts. “Like I said, I’m very grateful for this. I thank you very much.”
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Bobbi Kristina was born on March 4, 1993 and was Brown’s only child with ex-wife Whitney Houston.
On January 31, 2015, aged 22, Bobbi Kristina was found unresponsive in the bathtub of the Georgia home she shared with ex Nick Gordon – an eerie parallel to the way her mother had died a few years earlier.
She later died in hospice on July 26, 2015.
The Fulton County Medical Examiner found she died from a combination of drowning and drug poisoning. A toxicology report showed marijuana, alcohol, a “cocaine-related substance,” sedatives and anti-anxiety drugs, and morphine in her system.
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After her death, Brown released a statement saying, “Krissy was and is an angel. I’m completely numb at this point. My family must find a way to live with her in spirit and honor her memory. Our loss is unimaginable.”
He added: “We thank everyone for their prayers for Krissy and our family as we grieve for my little girl.”
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