Cissy Houston, Grammy-winning singer and mother of Whitney Houston, has died, according to Gwendolyn Quinn, a representative for The Estate of Whitney E. Houston. She was 91.

Speaking to PEOPLE in 2013 about her revealing memoir, 'Remembering Whitney,' Cissy Houston reflected on the star's tragic death.

Soul singer Cissy Houston, who was also known as the mother of pop icon Whitney Houston, died Monday morning. She was 91.

Cissy Houston, the mother of the late Whitney Houston and a two-time Grammy winner who performed alongside superstar musicians like Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin, has died, CBS News confirmed. She was 91.

As we mourn the passing of the gospel music great who gave the world Whitney Houston, we look back at her legendary life.

The mother of Whitney Houston, Cissy Houston, has died at 91. Cissy’s daughter-in-law, Pat Houston, told the Associated Press that the two-time Grammy winner passed away in her New Jersey home on Monday while in hospice care for Alzheimer’s.

Cissy Houston, a two-time Grammy-winning singer who performed alongside superstar musicians like Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin and the mother of Whitney Houston, has died.

Cissy Houston, the beloved mother of the late Whitney Houston and a legendary gospel singer in her own right, has passed away at the age of 91. Cissy died on Monday, October 7, at her New Jersey home while receiving hospice care for Alzheimer's disease,

Cissy Houston, mother of the late Whitney Houston and an iconic gospel singer herself, has died. She was 91. Houston died at her home in New Jersey on Monday, Oct. 7 while under h

Cissy Houston, who has died aged 91, was the mother of the troubled star Whitney Houston, and a considerable musical talent in her own right – a double Grammy-winning singer of gospel and R&B and a sought-after backing singer for Elvis Presley,