Cissy Houston, a two-time Grammy Award-winning singer and mother of the late Whitney Houston, recently passed away. News of her death sent shockwaves across the music and entertainment communities. Accordingly,

On October 7, 2024, Grammy Award-winning singer Cissy Houston passed away after a long battle with Alzheimer's. She is best known for her songs “Think It Over” and “Nothing Can Stop Me.” She is also famously known as the mother of actress and singer Whitney Houston and the aunt of Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick.

Houston, who had been under hospice care for Alzheimer’s disease, died Monday morning surrounded by family in her New Jersey home.