LOS ANGELES (AP) — 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.

By Glenn Rifkin Cissy Houston, a Grammy Award-winning soul and gospel star who helped shepherd her daughter Whitney Houston to superstardom, died on Monday at her home in Newark. She was 91.

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. According to a ...

The R&B singer and ex-husband of Whitney Houston talked to Jennifer Hudson about the sudden deaths of his two children and ...

Grammy-winning gospel singer and Whitney Houston's mother Cissy Houston died at the age of 91. Born Emily Drinkard, the Houston matriarch passed away around 10:30 am ET on Monday, October 7.

But then, Houston hadn't expected that her famous ... as the youngest of eight children born to a mother who died when Cissy was eight and a strict father who guided her and several siblings ...

Houston died at a New York hospital ... Houston managed the career of her mother and his ex-wife, Cissy Houston. She sang with the Sweet Inspirations, a backing vocal group to artists including ...

By The Associated Press 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, died ...