Cissy Houston, the legendary gospel singer and mother of Whitney Houston, has passed away at the age of 91. Known for her ...

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cissy Houston, a two-time Grammy ... Houston was part of a family gospel act before breaking through in popular music in the 1960s as a member of the prominent backing group ...

Dionne Warwick, BeBe Winans, and Darlene Love were among family and friends who gathered to celebrate the life of gospel ...

A revered soul and gospel singer and the mother of Whitney Houston, Cissy Houston's life was celebrated nearly a week after ...

Gospel icon Cissy Houston's life was celebrated in a music-filled memorial at her hometown church in Newark, New Jersey.

Houston, who died Oct. 7, started out on the gospel circuit as a child, sang backup for Aretha Franklin and later guided her daughter, Whitney, to superstardom. Originally broadcast in 1998.

More:Cissy Houston, gospel singer and mother of pop icon Whitney ... Houston kept her family ties strong for decades in Newark as Minister of Music at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark ...

My Life with God and Gospel” and “Remembering Whitney: A Mother’s Story of Life, Loss and The Night The Music Stopped.” In 1938, Cissy Houston started her career when she joined her sister ...

Houston launched her solo career in 1970, winning two Grammy Awards for her gospel music. Cissy Houston's daughter, singer Whitney Houston, died at the Beverly Hilton hotel in 2012. She was found ...

Cissy Houston, the legendary gospel singer and ... a lot and because of her work as a sustainer and nurturer of the gospel music tradition,' said Robert Darden, a professor of journalism at ...