Houston, a Grammy Award-winning singer, passed away 12 years after Whitney drowned in a Beverly Hills hotel bathtub aged just 48.
Emily 'Cissy' Houston, iconic soul singer and the mother of late music icon Whitney Houston, has passed away aged 91.
Cissy Houston, left, has died aged 91. She's pictured with daughter Whitney in 2010, two years before Whitney drowned in a bathtub aged just 48 'Our hearts are filled with pain and sadness. We loss the matriarch of our family,' she said in a statement announcing the 91-year-old's death. Before her daughter shot to stardom, Cissy was best known for her work with the backup group Sweet Inspirations, and her powerful vocals can be heard supporting soul legends including Otis Redding and Lou Rawls.
Over her decades-long career Cissy Houston collaborated with a host of megastars, including Elvis Presley Houston's last performance with Sweet Inspirations came in 1969, when her vocal band collaborated with Elvis Presley in Las Vegas.
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