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Cissy Houston's family is "devastated" by her death, a source tells PEOPLE.. Cissy, mother of the late Whitney Houston and a legendary gospel singer herself, died at 91 on Monday, Oct. 7 at her ...
Houston was married to an NBA basketball player, Gary Garland from 1955 to 1997 and they share son Gary together. In 1958, Houston met John Russell Houston, father of Michael and Whitney.
Cissy Houston, Grammy-winning soul and gospel singer and mother of the late Whitney Houston, died in her New Jersey home on Monday at the age of 91. Houston's daughter-in-law, Pat Houston, shared ...
Whitney Houston and Cissy Houston at the Annual People's Choice Awards in 1993. Born in Newark, New Jersey, Houston got her start in entertainment as a member of the gospel group Drinkard Four.
Cissy Houston has long been a musical influence on the church. [3] Funeral services for Whitney Houston, [4] a lifelong member of the congregation, were held at the New Hope Baptist Church. [5] [6] NJ Governor Chris Christie began his inauguration activities at the church in 2009 and 2014. [7] [8] In 2024, Cissy Houston’s funeral was held at ...
Cissy Houston, Grammy-winning singer and mother of Whitney Houston, has died, according to Gwendolyn Quinn, a representative for The Estate of Whitney E. Houston. She was 91.
Whitney Houston’s mother, gospel singer Cissy Houston, has died at age 91. Cissy's daughter-in-law Pat Houston told The Associated Press that the two-time Grammy winner died on Monday, October 7 ...
Emily Drinkard was born on September 30, 1933 in Newark, New Jersey to Delia Mae "Dee Dee" (née McCaskill) and Nicholas "Nitch" Drinkard, the youngest of eight children. [1] [2] [3] Houston was the granddaughter of a black landowner in Blakely, Georgia, who later shared the land he owned with Houston's father Nitch during a time when it was unusual for black people to have large landholdings.