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"Bobby Brown has said that he thought Whitney Houston was &amp;quot;in a good place&amp;quot; prior to her passing away. The singer&amp;#039;s ex-husband suggested that the circumstance surrounding her death was a one-off incident rather than a consequence of long-term drug use.    Brown was speaking to TODAY, in the first interview he has given since Houston passed away in February. The &amp;#039;My Prerogative&amp;#039; singer said that he saw Houston for the last time about a week before she died, and commented: &amp;quot;[She] had this glow about her that was just, you know, incredible. I&amp;#039;m saying to myself, you know, &amp;#039;She must be... she must be doing really well&amp;#039;, because she looked really well.&amp;quot; He added that she &amp;quot;looked like she was in a good place&amp;quot;. When asked what he thought about suggestions that cocaine may have contributed to the death of the &amp;#039;I Will Always Love You&amp;#039; star, he responded: &amp;quot;I was hurt. I was hurt... because, you know, me being off of narcotics for the last seven years, I felt that she was, you know, I didn&amp;#039;t know she was struggling with it still.  &amp;quot;But at the same time, you know, listen, it&amp;#039;s a hard fight. It&amp;#039;s a hard fight to, you know, maintain sobriety that way.&amp;quot;  Brown also said he believes that it was a one-off use of cocaine that killed her, rather than the effects of long-term use, remarking: &amp;quot;It had to be that one, because that&amp;#039;s all it takes. &amp;quot;One hit, you know... it could definitely take your life away from you. And, unfortunately, that was it.&amp;quot; Watch the video for Whitney Houston&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;I Will Always Love You&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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