Cissy Houston, Whitney’s Grammy-winning mother, dies at 91

Cissy Houston has died at the age of 91 (Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Cissy Houston, the mother of the late Whitney Houston and a two-time Grammy winner who performed alongside superstars such as Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin, has died. She was 91.

Houston died on Monday morning in her New Jersey home while under hospice care for Alzheimer’s disease, her daughter-in-law Pat Houston told The Associated Press. The acclaimed gospel singer was surrounded by her family.