Cissy Houston Dies: Legendary Gospel Singer, Back-Up For Elvis, Aretha, Bette & Jimi, Mother Of Whitney Was 91
Cissy Houston, the two-time Grammy-wining gospel singer, mother of the late Whitney Houston, back-up singer for everyone from Elvis Presley and Luther Vandross to Paul Simon and Jimi Hendrix, died today surrounded by family while under hospice care for Alzheimer's disease at her home in New Jersey.