{"id":111838,"date":"2024-10-08T16:31:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T09:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111838"},"modified":"2024-10-08T16:31:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T09:31:54","slug":"cissy-houston-singer-and-mother-of-whitney-houston-dies-at-91","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111838","title":{"rendered":"Cissy Houston, singer and mother of Whitney Houston, dies at 91"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Cissy Houston, renowned gospel singer and the mother of Whitney Houston, died on Monday morning at the age of 91, her family said in a statement.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Houston, a two-time Grammy Award winning singer, died in her New Jersey home while in hospice care for Alzheimer\u2019s disease, her daughter-in-law Pat Houston said.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cOur hearts are filled with pain and sadness. We lost the matriarch of our family,\u201d she said, adding that her mother-in-law was a \u201cstrong and towering figure\u201d in the family\u2019s life.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Houston enjoyed a decades-long successful singing career, where she performed alongside superstars like Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Born in New Jersey in 1933, Houston was the youngest of eight children. She began singing at a young age after she formed a gospel group with her siblings.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In the 1960s, she formed the R&amp;B group the Sweet Inspirations, which sang backup for big names like Otis Redding, Dusty Springfield and Dionne Warwick. They also performed on Van Morrison\u2019s hit song Brown Eyed Girl.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">After finding success with the Sweet Inspirations, Houston embarked on a solo career, where she sang with artists including Chaka Khan, Jimi Hendrix, Beyonce, Paul Simon, and her late daughter Whitney Houston, who died in 2012 at age 48.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Houston won a Grammy Award for her traditional soul gospel album Face to Face in 1997, and again the following year for her album He Leadeth Me.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">She also wrote three books, including one commemorating her daughter, called Remembering Whitney: A Mother\u2019s Story of Life, Loss and The Night The Music Stopped.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">At the age of 80, Houston sang once again with Aretha Franklin during her performance on The Late Show with David Letterman, where they performed a cover of Adele\u2019s Rolling in the Deep.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Her daughter-in-law, Pat, said that Houston\u2019s \u201cmore than seven-decade career in music and entertainment will remain at the forefront of our hearts\u201d.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">She added that the family is \u201cblessed and grateful that God allowed her to spend so many years with us\u201d.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cMay she rest in peace, alongside her daughter, Whitney and granddaughter Bobbi Kristina and other cherished family members.\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cx24l70pkd2o\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cissy Houston, renowned gospel singer and the mother of Whitney Houston, died on Monday morning at the age of 91, her family said in a statement. 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