The family of Cissy Houston, a Gospel singer and two-time ... The touching homage was included in the memorial program for Whitney's funeral ceremony, and TMZ later circulated it.

Dionne Warwick, BeBe Winans, Darlene Love and a massive choir helped celebrate the life of gospel icon Cissy Houston during a music-filled memorial Thursday in the Duchess of Gospel’s hometown ...

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 ...

Cissy Houston died at 91 on Oct. 7 in New Jersey, where she was under hospice care for Alzheimer's disease Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023.