Soul singer Cissy Houston, who was also known as the mother of pop icon Whitney Houston, died Monday morning. She was 91.

Cissy Houston, the Grammy-winning gospel singer and Whitney Houston's mother, died Monday in New Jersey. She was 91. The singer was in hospice, where she was receiving care for Alzheimer's disease, at the time of her death.

Cissy Houston, the Grammy-winning Gospel singer and mother to Whitney Houston, has died. Her family confirmed that she died on Monday morning due to complications of Alzheimer’s disease while under hospice care in her home in Newark, New Jersey. She was 91 years old.