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Cissy Houston, the Grammy award-winning singer who is also the mother of the late Whitney Houston, has died. She was 91.
Cissy passed away on Monday morning at her New Jersey home while under hospice care for Alzheimer’s disease, her daughter-in-law, Pat Houston, told the Associated Press.
The two-time Grammy award winner was surrounded by her family.
“Our hearts are filled with pain and sadness. We lost the matriarch of our family,” Pat said in a statement.
“She said her mother-in-law’s contributions to popular music and culture are ‘unparalleled,'” she added.
“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.”
This story is being updated…
