Cissy Houston, Whitney Houston’s mother and a Grammy-winning singer, dies at 91 Houston died Monday morning in her New Jersey home while under hospice care for Alzheimer’s disease.

Cissy Houston, Whitney Houston’s mother and a Grammy-winning singer, dies at 91 Houston died Monday morning in her New Jersey home while under hospice care for Alzheimer’s disease.

According to a family spokesperson, Cissy Houston, Whitney Houston's mother and Grammy Award-winning singer has died at 91.

Cissy Houston, mother of the late Whitney Houston and an iconic gospel singer herself, has died. She was 91.

Cissy Houston, the Grammy-winning gospel singer and mother of pop/R&B megastar Whitney Houston, died Monday morning, her family announced in a statement. She was 91. Houston had been under hospice ...

Singers Whitney Houston (right) and her mother, Cissy, during a Grammys-related party on Feb. 24, 1987. Getty Images The mother of Whitney Houston, Cissy Houston, has died at 91.

Cissy Houston, the Grammy-winning gospel singer and mother of late pop icon Whitney Houston, died Monday at her New Jersey home. She was 91.

FILE - Cissy Houston performs during McDonald's Gospelfest 2013 on May 11, 2013 in Newark, N.J. Houston, the mother of Whitney Houston and a two-time Grammy winner who performed alongside ...

Cissy Houston, a Grammy Award-winning Gospel singer and mother of the late Whitney Houston, has died at the age of 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. She was 91.

Grammy award winning singer and the mother of Whitney Houston, Cissy Houston, has died at the age of 91 at her Newark, NJ home.

Cissy Houston, the Grammy award-winning gospel singer and mother of the late Whitney Houston, passed away on Monday at age 91.