Twelve years after the demise of her well-known daughter, Cissy Houston has handed on.
The mom of the late Whitney Houston and an achieved singer herself, Cissy Houston handed away on Monday, Oct. 7 at her dwelling 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 Mom Remembered
“Our hearts are filled with pain and sadness. We lost the matriarch of our family,” shared daughter-in-law Pat Houston in a press release from the household.
Cissy died whereas underneath hospice care of Alzheimer’s illness, which she had been battling for quite a lot of years.
“Mother Cissy has been a strong and towering figure in our lives. A woman of deep faith and conviction, who cared greatly about family, ministry, and community. Her more than seven-decade career in music and entertainment will remain at the forefront of our hearts.”
Pat continued, “Her contributions to popular music and culture are unparalleled . We are blessed and grateful that God allowed her to spend so many years with us and we are thankful for all the many valuable life lessons that she taught us.”
After which, Pat mentioned what we have been all pondering:
“May she rest in peace, alongside her daughter, Whitney and granddaughter Bobbi Kristina and other cherished family members.”
A Legend In Her Personal Proper
Although she gave start to probably the most iconic celebrity performers of all-time, Cissy was additionally an achieved 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 bunch referred to as the Drinkard 4.
From there, she fashioned a bunch referred to as the Candy Inspirations with Dee Dee Warwick and the group sang backup for everybody from Otis Redding to Elvis.
Within 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 Newest Household Tragedy
Fortunately, it feels like Cissy went peacefully and surrounded by household.
The identical couldn’t be mentioned of her daughter, Whitney, who famously was discovered lifeless in a bath on the Beverly Hills resort the evening 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 dwelling 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.
