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Whitney Houston’s Mother Cissy Houston Dead at Age 91


Whitney Houston’s mother, Cissy Houston, died at age 91 in her New Jersey home while in hospice care for Alzheimer’s

We loss [sic] the matriarch of our family,” Pat said in a statement to the outlet, calling Cissy’s contributions to the music industry “unparalleled.” Whitney Houston‘s vocals were so powerful that producer Clive Davis famously called her “The Voice” — and her fellow singers agreed she more than deserved the title. Six years later, Whitney was found dead in her Beverly Hills hotel room at age 48 after accidentally drowning with contributing factors of heart disease and cocaine use.

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