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TRAGIC Whitney Houston's family fear her ex-husband Bobby Brown is trying to get his hands on her fortune, it has been claimed. US reports say they are worried he is trying to get close to daughter Bobbi Kristina, 18, to get to the cash. Bobbi is the sole heir to Whitney's estimated �12.8million fortune. Now showbiz site TMZ is reporting the star's mum Cissy is trying to stop Brown from getting his hands on the money. Friends of the family have told him they hold him responsible for Whitney's drug and alcohol problems � and banned him from her funeral. Brown is understood to be aware of the bad blood, but is desperately trying to build bridges. It comes amid claims Whitney, 48, had been drinking almost every day leading up to her death. She is said to have fallen off the wagon following the end of filming for Sparkle. TMZ reports her family was allegedly concerned that her friends were accommodating her craving for drinks. But rumours she may have been using aliases to get prescriptions from doctors were scotched. There was said to be no evidence she or her doctors ever did anything illegal or out of the ordinary. This comes after fears the singer could have used fake names, like the late king of pop Michael Jackson, to get medicines. So far no official cause of death has been recorded into her death. The latest claims come after the singer told pals she felt her "time was coming" and spoke of "seeing Jesus" in the hours before her death.