Cissy Houston, acclaimed soul singer and mother of pop icon Whitney Houston, has died, according to reports. She was 91. Houston died Monday morning at her New Jersey home while under hospice care for Alzheimer’s disease, Houston's daughter-in-law, Pat Houston, confirmed to The Associated Press and People magazine.

Cissy Houston. 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 in hospice care for Alzheimer's disease, her daughter-in-law Pat Houston told the Associated Press.

Cissy Houston, the mother of the late Whitney Houston and a two-time Grammy winner who performed alongside superstar musicians like Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin, died Monday. She was 91. Houston died in her Newark, New Jersey home while under hospice care for Alzheimer’s disease, her daughter-in-law Pat Houston told the Associated Press.

Cissy Houston —the mother of the late Whitney Houston and a Grammy-award winning singer—has died, her family confirmed to the Associated Press Oct. 7. She was 91. Cissy passed away in her New Jersey home on Oct. 7 while under hospice care for Alzheimer's disease—a type of dementia that affects memory, thinking and behavior—the outlet reported.