Whitney Houston's mother, Cissy, has passed away at the age of 91 - over 12 years after the death of her iconic singing daughter died in Beverly Hills at the age of 48
Cissy herself was a Grammy-winning singer whose career stretched back to the 1930s. The acclaimed gospel singer was surrounded by her family when she died - and the singer's family announced her death in a statement on Monday.
The AP went on to report that Houston died on Monday morning in her New Jersey home while under hospice care for Alzheimer’s disease. Born on 30 September 1933, Cissy was the youngest of eight children. Cissy's music career began in 1938 when she was just a child. She performed as a member of the gospel group the Drinkard Four alongside her sister Anne and brothers Larry and Nicky. The group eventually expanded to include four other women and they rebranded as the Drinkard Sisters.
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