Cissy Houston, the mother of legendary singer Whitney Houston, passed away at the age of 91 while under hospice care for Alzheimer’s disease in her New Jersey home.
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Cissy Houston, Whitney Houston’s mother, died in her New Jersey home while under hospice care for Alzheimer’s disease. She was 91.
Houston’s daughter-in-law, Pat Houston, confirmed her passing in a statement obtained by Fox News Digital on Monday. The musician was surrounded by her family when she died.
“Our hearts are filled with pain and sadness. We loss the matriarch of our family,” Pat said in a statement. She noted that her mother-in-law’s contributions to music and culture were “unparalleled.”
She continued, “Mother Cissy has been a strong and towering figure in our lives. A woman of deep faith and conviction, who cared greatly about family, ministry, and community. Her more than seven-decade career in music and entertainment will remain at the forefront of our hearts.”
Houston was a member of the Sweet Inspirations, a music group with Doris Troy and her niece, Dee Dee Warrick. The music group provided back-up vocals for Otis Redding, Lou Rawls, The Drifters and Dionne Warwick.
Wikipedia:
Emily Drinkard (September 30, 1933 – October 7, 2024), known professionally as Cissy Houston, was an American soul and gospel singer. Houston was a founding member of the R&B group The Sweet Inspirations, and sang backup for artists such as Roy Hamilton, Dionne Warwick, Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, and Chaka Khan. Houston embarked on a solo career in 1970, and won two Grammy Awards in the Traditional Gospel Album category.
Houston was the mother of singer and actress Whitney Houston, the aunt of singers Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwick, and a cousin of opera singer Leontyne Price. Houston was the grandmother of Whitney Houston’s only child, Bobbi Kristina Brown.
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