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Bobby Brown‘s second oldest son and namesake, Bobby Brown, Jr., has died at the age of 28.

According to TMZ, a source connected to the family stated that Bobby Jr. was found dead at his home in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Other sources told the site that police who were at the home of Bobby Jr. don’t believe it to be a case of foul play.

Bobby Jr. is Bobby Sr.’s third child. He is one of two children that his father had with longtime ex-girlfriend Kim Ward, the other being the singer’s eldest daughter, La’Princia. Bobby Jr., La’Princia and Bobbi Kristina all appeared on Brown’s reality show, Being Bobby Brown, in 2005. Bobbi Kristina also passed away at a very young age. She was found unconscious in a bathtub in her home in January 2015 and was placed in a medically-induced coma on a ventilator to stop brain swelling. After transferring hospitals, Bobbi Kristina was eventually removed from the ventilator and put in hospice care. She passed away in July of that same year at the age of 22.

Bobby Sr. released a book called Every Little Step in 2016 about his life, and in it, he talked about being a father. When asked on GMA during a promo tour for the book how he planned to go about parenthood differently as he was expecting his seventh child, a daughter who would be named Hendrix with wife Alicia Etheredge, he said, “I’m living differently. My whole lifestyle is totally different from how I used to live. I’m getting better. I can only grow, you know, from this point from a few years ago on. I can only grow and I do not procrastinate on growing. I just try to be better and better and better every day for my family, for my kids, for my siblings, for my friends. As long as I keep trying to grow, I don’t think anything can stop what I’m growing into. I’m growing into a better man.”

Hit the flip for photos of Bobby Jr, as well as images of Brown with all of his kids on the next few pages.

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As mentioned, Bobby Brown Jr. was featured on the short-lived Bravo reality series Being Bobby Brown. He is pictured next to his sister La’Princia and Bobby Sr.’s late father.

BEING BOBBY BROWN — Pictured: (back row l-r) Pops Brown, Whitney Houston, Tommy Brown (front row l-r) Bobby Brown Jr., La’princia Brown, Bobby Brown, Bobbi Kristina Brown (Photo by F. Scott Schafer/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images)

Hello Cardinals fans! I hope that you are so excited about tomorrow’s game against the divisional rivalry the Seattle Seahawks! Both the Cardinals and the Seahawks are pushing for their playoff spots according to the playoff picture. The Cardinals are coming off with the historical win over the Bills 32-30 after quarterback Kyler Murray threw a touchdown pass deep to wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins on a hail mary. Every Cardinals fan has called that pass “Hail Murray!!”. Everyone thought the Cardinals were going to lose to the Bills because the head coach of the Arizona Cardinals Cliff Kingsbury was calling some poor play calling that almost cost them the game. Cliff decided to throw the ball a lot instead of running the ball while trying to run out the clock and in the red zone. They were setting up for 4 field goals. Got to run the ball more in the red zone. But luckily, they were able to find a way to finally get into the endzone after the Bills were up 23-9 over the Cardinals. So, Cliff Kingsbury needs to do better by calling better plays at the right time so that they can score a touchdown because field goals will not help you win football games and he knows that. The Cardinals have lost a defensive lineman Cory Peters because he got hurt and that is a big loss for their defense, but they are trying to figure out how they can get pressure on the quarterback Russell Wilson. The Seahawks on the other hand are really struggling by losing 2 games in a row to the Bills and the Rams on the road. Now, they have not lost at home so far this season, but I think that will change because the Cardinals have had success in Seattle. There will be no fans tomorrow night so its going to be an eerie game. The Seahawks are also having some injuries on defense including safety Jamal Adams who has been hurt a lot and he has not been that good since he came in the trade. That is one of the reasons why their defense has giving up some big plays that they should not be allowing. The Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson has thrown 7 interceptions because he has been forcing the ball down the field. For example, Russell Wilson against the Rams had a lot of room to run for a 1^st down, but he instead threw the ball deep in the red zone and he got picked off. He needs to make better decisions. The Seahawks are going to be playing pretty mad because the game against the Cardinals at State Farm Stadium was the game that they probably should have won. So, I will now predict the winner of the Cardinals @Seahawks game. Since the Cardinals have played pretty well in Seattle, I would have to predict that the Cardinals will win over the Seahawks 34-20. I just think that the Cardinals will get off to a fast start and put the game away early as long as they don’t let the Seahawks come back and get lucky as they always do.

Go Cardinals!!!!

So, what do you guys think about tomorrow’s game?!

I would like to hear some comments, thoughts, concerns, or opinions down below!

Stay tuned for tomorrow’s game prediction!

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Ben Watkins, a former competitor on the cooking competition show MasterChef Junior, passed away a year and a half after being diagnosed with a rare cancer.

The news of Watkins’s death was first shared via a GoFundMe page that was launched by his maternal grandmother Donna Edwards. The original goal of the campaign was to raise money for Watkins’s cancer treatments and his future education.

“Our Ben went home to be with his mother Monday afternoon after a year-and-a-half-long battle with cancer,” Edwards and Watkins’s uncle Anthony Edwards wrote in joint statement. “After losing both of his parents in September 2017, we have marveled at Ben’s strength, courage and love for life. He never, ever complained. Ben was and will always be the strongest person we know.”

According to his GoFundMe page, Watkins was diagnosed with a rare cancer called Angiomatoid Fibrous Histiocytoma just after his 13th birthday. He was one of only six people in the entire world diagnosed with this particular disease. Watkins had been undergoing treatment at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, and was considering pursuing a future in engineering.

Watkins was a contestant on the sixth season of MasterChef Junior, famously hosted by celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay. He was 11 years old at the time and placed in the top 18. Between the filming and airing of his season, Watkins lost both of his parents to a murder-suicide.

Both Ramsay and MasterChef have released statements in the wake of Watkins’s passing.

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We send our condolences to Watkins’s family.

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