Just a day after the passing of music legend Cissy Houston, her niece Dionne Warwick opened up in tribute on social media.
Houston - the mother of pop icon Whitney Houston who had a Grammy-winning music career herself - passed away at 91 on Monday while receiving hospice care for Alzheimer's disease.'I'm so deeply saddened, however, knowing that my Aunt Cissy died peacefully and that she is in a much better place, is a consolation and comfort to me,' she began.
Cissy's daughter-in-law Pat Houston told the Associated Press that the songstress died surrounded by her family. 'Her more than seven-decade career in music and entertainment will remain at the forefront of our hearts.' She added that her cousin Whitney Houston, 'came up exactly the way we all did, in the church choir. It was just preordained, she was going to sing.
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