Cissy Houston, acclaimed soul singer and mother of pop icon Whitney Houston is dead. She died at the age of 91.
Cissy Houston is a two-time Grammy winner who sang backup for Aretha Franklin and Elvis Presley, she died Monday morning, October 7, in her New Jersey home while under hospice care for Alzheimer’s disease, her daughter-in-law Pat Houston told The Associated Press. The acclaimed gospel singer was surrounded by her family.
Cissy Houston is a two-time Grammy winner who sang backup for Aretha Franklin and Elvis Presley, she died Monday morning, October 7, in her New Jersey home while under hospice care for Alzheimer’s disease, her daughter-in-law Pat Houston told The Associated Press. The acclaimed gospel singer was surrounded by her family.
