Cissy Houston, Grammy winner and mother of Whitney Houston, dies at 91

Acclaimed gospel singer who performed with Aretha Franklin and Elvis Presley dies in New Jersey hospice care

Cissy Houston, the mother of the late Whitney Houston and a two-time Grammy winner who performed alongside superstar musicians 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.