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Twelve years after the demise of her well-known daughter, Cissy Houston has handed on.
The mom of the late Whitney Houston and an completed singer herself, Cissy Houston handed away on Monday, Oct. 7 at her residence in New Jersey.
She was 91.
Her household confirmed the information, in addition to the reason for her demise in a touching tribute which they shared with the press.
Whitney Houston’s Mother Remembered
“Our hearts are full of ache and disappointment. We misplaced the matriarch of our household,” shared daughter-in-law Pat Houston in an announcement from the household.
Cissy died whereas below hospice care of Alzheimer’s illness, which she had been battling for various years.
“Mother Cissy has been a powerful and towering determine in our lives. A lady of deep religion and conviction, who cared tremendously about household, ministry, and neighborhood. Her greater than seven-decade profession in music and leisure will stay on the forefront of our hearts.”
Pat continued, “Her contributions to standard music and tradition are unparalleled . We are blessed and grateful that God allowed her to spend so a few years with us and we’re grateful for all the numerous priceless life classes that she taught us.”
And then, Pat stated what we have been all considering:
“May she relaxation in peace, alongside her daughter, Whitney and granddaughter Bobbi Kristina and different cherished relations.”
A Legend In Her Own Right
Though she gave beginning to one of the iconic celebrity performers of all-time, Cissy was additionally an completed performer herself.
An aunt of singers Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwick, Cissy started her singing profession in 1938 when she joined her sister Anne, and two brothers Larry and Nicky in a gaggle known as the Drinkard Four.
From there, she shaped a gaggle known as the Sweet Inspirations with Dee Dee Warwick and the group sang backup for everybody from Otis Redding to Elvis.
In the 60’s, she broke out on her personal and by 1970, she launched her her solo debut LP Presenting Cissy Houston. She went on to win two Grammy awards: one in 1996 for greatest conventional soul gospel album for Face to Face and in 1998 for album He Leadeth Me.
The Latest Family Tragedy
Thankfully, it seems like Cissy went peacefully and surrounded by household.
The similar couldn’t be stated of her daughter, Whitney, who famously was discovered dead in a bath on the Beverly Hills resort the night time earlier than the Grammys.
That was on February 11, 2012.
Three years later, Bobbi Kristina, Whitney’s solely daughter and Cissy’s granddaughter, was discovered face down within the bathtub of her residence in Atlanta. She spent 6 months in a medically induced coma, as medical doctors scrambled to revive her. Sadly, at simply the age of twenty-two, she died in hospice care, having by no means recovered.
