Brown loved to travel and spent a year traveling in and out of the country with his special friend Ifeoma Nwankwo before the pandemic, his daughter noted. He had underlying health conditions, and "he was very careful because he didn’t want to get sick," she said.
A couple of weeks after being vaccinated, Brown began feeling ill, but thought he was merely experiencing vaccination side effects. After several days, his condition worsened, and he went by ambulance to the hospital, where he learned he had COVID-19 and fluid in his lungs.
Before being put on a respirator, he asked Bailey to look after his son in the event that he didn't recover.
