Share LinkedIn Pin EmailParas Griffin/Getty Images/TNSCissy Houston, a two-time Grammy-winning gospel singer who was the mother of late pop titan Whitney Houston, died October 7. “It saddens my heart to announce the passing of my beloved Queen Cissy Houston today! Please keep the Houston family in your prayers,” her daughter-in-law Pat Houston wrote Monday on Instagram. In a statement to the Associated Press, Pat Houston said that the matriarch, who performed with Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin, died Monday morning in her New Jersey home while under hospice care for Alzheimer’s disease and surrounded by family. More from CafeMom: Kerry Washington Wears Iconic Whitney Houston Dress to American Black Film Festival Honors

Source: Los Angeles Times October 08, 2024 21:41 UTC