CNN —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.
“Mother Cissy has been a strong and towering figure in our lives.
Whitney Houston died in 2012 at the age of 48.
Cissy Houston was also the mother of sons Gary and Michael and the grandmother of her several grandchildren, according to her biography.
Her granddaughter Bobbie Kristina Brown, died three years after her mother Whitney at the age of 22.
Persons:
CNN — Cissy Houston, Whitney Houston, Gwendolyn Quinn, Whitney E, ”, Pat Houston, Cissy, Emily Drinkard, Cissy Houston, Delia Mae Drinkard, Houston, Anne, Larry, Nicky, Lee, Marie, Anne Drinkard, Lee’s, Judy Clay, Dee Dee Warwick, Dionne Warwick, Houston’s nieces, Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield, Esther Phillips, Lou Rawls, Otis Redding, Solomon Burke, Wilson Pickett, Franklin, Bette Midler, Beyoncé, Burt Bacharach, Carly Simon, Chaka Khan, David Bowie, Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, Gary, Michael, Bobbie Kristina Brown, Whitney, ” Pat Houston’s, “, Bobbi Kristina
Organizations:
CNN, The, Whitney, Houston, Newark Public School, New Hope Baptist Church, Sacred Music, Carnegie Hall, Newport Jazz, Webster, RCA Records
Locations:
Cissy, Newport , Rhode Island, New York City, ”, Cissy Houston