Cissy Houston, mother of Whitney Houston, died at the age of 91. Details on the singer-songwriter following her death.
Whitney Houston‘s mother and fellow singer, Cissy Houston, has died. She was 91. Cissy passed away under hospice care for Alzheimer’s Disease in New Jersey, her daughter-in-law, Pat Houston, revealed on Monday, October 7.
“Our hearts are filled with pain and sadness. We loss the matriarch of our family,” Pat said in a statement obtained by the Associated Press. “Mother Cissy has been a strong and towering figure in our lives.