Whitney Houston‘s mom and fellow singer, Cissy Houston, has died. She was 91. Cissy handed away beneath hospice look after Alzheimer’s Disease in New Jersey, her daughter-in-law, Pat Houston, revealed on Monday, October 7.
“Our hearts are full of ache and disappointment. We loss the matriarch of our household,” Pat stated in an announcement obtained by the Associated Press. “Mother Cissy has been a robust and towering determine in our lives. A girl of deep religion and conviction, who cared significantly about household, ministry, and group. Her greater than seven-decade profession in music and leisure will stay on the forefront of our hearts.”
Pat added that her mother-in-law’s achievements in music are “unparalleled,” in response to the AP.
“We are touched by your beneficiant assist, and your outpouring of affection throughout our profound time of grief,” Pat stated in her assertion. “We respectfully request our privateness throughout this troublesome time.”
The information of Cissy’s loss of life comes greater than a decade after Whitney died on the age of 48 in February 2012.
Cissy was a Grammy Award-winning music artist, who started her profession in 1938 when she collaborated with sister Anne and brothers Nicky and Larry to type the gospel group The Drinkard Four. Eventually, she joined the group Sweet Inspirations. Cissy and the Sweet Inspirations carried out alongside Elvis Presley in 1969 in Las Vegas. The group additionally contributed vocals to Van Morrison’s hit single “Brown Eyed Girl.”
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