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  2. Cissy Houston - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Cissy Houston, Mother of Whitney Houston and Grammy ... - AOL

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    Cissy Houston, mother of the late Whitney Houston and an iconic gospel singer herself, has died. She was 91. Houston died at her home in New Jersey on Monday, Oct. 7 while under hospice care for ...

  4. Cissy Houston, Whitney Houston’s mother and a Grammy ... - AOL

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    Houston authored three books: “He Leadeth Me,” “How Sweet The Sound: My Life with God and Gospel” and “Remembering Whitney: A Mother’s Story of Life, Loss and The Night The Music ...

  5. Cissy Houston, Renowned Gospel Singer and Whitney Houston’s ...

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    Cissy Houston, renowned soul and gospel singer and mother to Whitney Houston, died at the age of 91. Houston, a two-time Grammy winner who sang backup for Aretha Franklin and Elvis Presley, passed ...

  6. Whitney Houston - Wikipedia

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    New Hope Baptist Church, where Houston sang in the choir as a child. Whitney Elizabeth Houston was born on August 9, 1963, at Presbyterian Hospital in Newark, New Jersey, to Emily "Cissy" (née Drinkard) and John Russell Houston Jr. [12] Cissy was a Grammy-winning gospel and soul singer who was a member of The Drinkard Singers and the founder of The Sweet Inspirations before becoming a solo ...

  7. Bobbi Kristina Brown - Wikipedia

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    Brown was born on March 4, 1993, at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, New Jersey, to singers Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown. [1] Through her mother, Brown was related to many singers and entertainers: her maternal grandmother was singer Cissy Houston of The Drinkard Singers; [2] her mother's cousins were singers Dee Dee Warwick, [2] Dionne Warwick, [2] and Leontyne Price.

  8. Whitney Houston's Mom and Acclaimed Gospel Singer Cissy ... - AOL

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    Cissy Houston has followed her legendary daughter, Whitney Houston, in death.. The 91-year-old died on Monday, Oct. 7, at her New Jersey home, her daughter-in-law Pat Houston, announced via The ...

  9. Cissy Houston, singer and mother of Whitney Houston ... - AOL

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    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 ...