Cissy Houston, Whitney Houston's mother and Grammy winner, dies at age 91
Cissy Houston performed alongside superstar musicians like Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin.
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Cissy Houston performed alongside superstar musicians like Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin.
Cissy Houston, the mother of Whitney Houston and a Grammy-winning singer herself, has died at the age of 91. Houston was under hospice care for Alzheimer's disease and died at her home in New Jersey, according to her daughter-in-law. She was the aunt of singers Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick.