Whitney Houston's mum Cissy dies aged 91 as family share tear-jerking tribute

Whitney Houston's mother, Cissy, has passed distant astatine the property of 91 - implicit 12 years aft the decease of her iconic singing girl died successful Beverly Hills astatine the property of 48

Cissy Houston, the parent of precocious American vocalist Whitney Houston, has died astatine the property of 91.

Cissy herself was a Grammy-winning vocalist whose vocation stretched backmost to the 1950s. The acclaimed gospel vocalist was surrounded by her household erstwhile she died - and the singer's household announced her decease successful a connection connected Monday.

Pat Houston, Cissy's daughter-in-law, told the Associated Press: “Our hearts are filled with symptom and sadness. We nonaccomplishment the matriarch of our family. Mother Cissy has been a beardown and towering fig successful our lives. A pistillate of heavy religion and conviction, who cared greatly astir family, ministry, and community. Her much than seven-decade vocation successful euphony and amusement volition stay astatine the forefront of our hearts.”

The AP went connected to study that Houston died connected Monday greeting successful her New Jersey location portion nether hospice attraction for Alzheimer’s disease. Born connected 30 September 1933, she joined John Houston Jr. successful 1964 - with whom she welcomed girl Whitney, who passed distant successful 2012 astatine the property of 48.