Pop icon Whitney Houston died in 2012 at the age of 48. Her mother was also a Grammy-winning singer. Cissy Houston has now passed away at the age of 91.
Emily “Cissy” Houston, the mother of pop icon Whitney Houston, who died in 2012, is dead. According to the family, the gospel and soul singer, who suffered from Alzheimer’s, died in her home in the US state of New Jersey. She was 91 years old. “Our hearts are full of pain and sadness. We have lost the matriarch of our family,” said daughter-in-law Pat Houston. Cissy Houston was a strong, believing woman who cared deeply for her family and her community. She also had a career in the music industry that spanned seven decades.
Cissy Houston introduced her daughter Whitney to music. She herself was a gospel singer and sang in the choir for stars such as Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin. In the 1960s, she was a member of the R&B group The Sweet Inspirations and won two Grammy trophies during her gospel career.
Whitney Houston left before her mother
Whitney Houston drowned in the bathtub at a Beverly Hills hotel in February 2012 after consuming cocaine and tranquilizers. The singer, who was famous for hits like “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)” and “One Moment In Time,” was 48 years old.
On the first anniversary of her death, Houston’s mother Cissy published a book about her daughter (“Remembering Whitney”). “She was different than what the headlines often portrayed her to be,” she wrote in the book. Her story is that of an insecure girl “who wanted to be loved by everyone.”
Source: Stern
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