Grammy winner and mother of Whitney Houston, Cissy Houston, has died at 91.

<div class="nyp-slideshow-modal-image__wrapper"><a href="#" aria-controls="nyp-slideshow-modal" data-slideshow-modal="trigger" title="Open a slideshow of all 3 article images." aria-label="Open a slideshow of all 3 article images." data-slideshow-slide-number="1" data-slideshow-slides-total="3"><span class="nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon-text"> <span data-slideshow-modal="count">3</span> </span> </span></a></div><figcaption>Singers Cissy Houston, left, and her daughter Whitney Houston appear at the “Keep A Child Alive Black Ball” in New York on Sept. 30, 2010. <span class="credit">AP</span></figcaption>

<div class="nyp-slideshow-modal-image__wrapper"><a href="#" aria-controls="nyp-slideshow-modal" data-slideshow-modal="trigger" title="Open a slideshow of all 3 article images." aria-label="Open a slideshow of all 3 article images." data-slideshow-slide-number="2" data-slideshow-slides-total="3"><img style="aspect-ratio:0.69830508474576;display:block" decoding="async" width="100%" height="auto" src="https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2012-bet-awards-shrine-auditorium-91199772.jpg?w=715" alt="Singer Cissy Houston performs onstage during the 2012 BET Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on July 1, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. " class="wp-image-33527976" srcset="https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2012-bet-awards-shrine-auditorium-91199772.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 2094w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2012-bet-awards-shrine-auditorium-91199772.jpg?resize=209,300&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 209w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2012-bet-awards-shrine-auditorium-91199772.jpg?resize=768,1100&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 768w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2012-bet-awards-shrine-auditorium-91199772.jpg?resize=715,1024&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 715w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2012-bet-awards-shrine-auditorium-91199772.jpg?resize=1072,1536&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 1072w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2012-bet-awards-shrine-auditorium-91199772.jpg?resize=1430,2048&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 1430w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2012-bet-awards-shrine-auditorium-91199772.jpg?resize=411,589&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 411w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2012-bet-awards-shrine-auditorium-91199772.jpg?resize=346,496&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 346w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2012-bet-awards-shrine-auditorium-91199772.jpg?resize=450,644&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 450w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2012-bet-awards-shrine-auditorium-91199772.jpg?resize=343,491&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 343w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2012-bet-awards-shrine-auditorium-91199772.jpg?resize=197,282&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 197w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2012-bet-awards-shrine-auditorium-91199772.jpg?resize=144,206&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 144w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2012-bet-awards-shrine-auditorium-91199772.jpg?resize=50,71&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2012-bet-awards-shrine-auditorium-91199772.jpg?resize=49,70&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 49w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2012-bet-awards-shrine-auditorium-91199772.jpg?resize=140,200&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 140w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2012-bet-awards-shrine-auditorium-91199772.jpg?resize=231,331&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 231w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2012-bet-awards-shrine-auditorium-91199772.jpg?resize=322,461&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 322w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2012-bet-awards-shrine-auditorium-91199772.jpg?resize=300,430&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 300w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2012-bet-awards-shrine-auditorium-91199772.jpg?resize=308,441&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 308w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2012-bet-awards-shrine-auditorium-91199772.jpg?resize=42,60&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 42w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2012-bet-awards-shrine-auditorium-91199772.jpg?resize=40,58&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 40w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2012-bet-awards-shrine-auditorium-91199772.jpg?resize=109,156&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 109w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2012-bet-awards-shrine-auditorium-91199772.jpg?resize=150,215&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2012-bet-awards-shrine-auditorium-91199772.jpg?resize=35,50&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 35w" sizes="(max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px"><span class="nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon-text"> <span data-slideshow-modal="count">3</span> </span> </span></a></div><figcaption>Singer Cissy Houston performs onstage during the 2012 BET Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on July 1, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. <span class="credit">Michael Buckner</span></figcaption>

<div class="nyp-slideshow-modal-image__wrapper"><a href="#" aria-controls="nyp-slideshow-modal" data-slideshow-modal="trigger" title="Open a slideshow of all 3 article images." aria-label="Open a slideshow of all 3 article images." data-slideshow-slide-number="3" data-slideshow-slides-total="3"><img style="aspect-ratio:0.66779661016949;display:block" decoding="async" width="100%" height="auto" src="https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/singer-whitney-houston-mother-cissy-91199816.jpg?w=683" alt="Singer Whitney Houston and mother Cissy Houston attend the World Music Awards Ceremony on May 4, 1994 in Monaco, Monaco. " class="wp-image-33527982" srcset="https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/singer-whitney-houston-mother-cissy-91199816.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 3032w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/singer-whitney-houston-mother-cissy-91199816.jpg?resize=200,300&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 200w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/singer-whitney-houston-mother-cissy-91199816.jpg?resize=768,1152&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 768w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/singer-whitney-houston-mother-cissy-91199816.jpg?resize=683,1024&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 683w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/singer-whitney-houston-mother-cissy-91199816.jpg?resize=1024,1536&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/singer-whitney-houston-mother-cissy-91199816.jpg?resize=1365,2048&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 1365w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/singer-whitney-houston-mother-cissy-91199816.jpg?resize=393,589&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 393w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/singer-whitney-houston-mother-cissy-91199816.jpg?resize=331,496&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 331w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/singer-whitney-houston-mother-cissy-91199816.jpg?resize=429,644&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 429w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/singer-whitney-houston-mother-cissy-91199816.jpg?resize=327,491&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 327w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/singer-whitney-houston-mother-cissy-91199816.jpg?resize=188,282&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 188w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/singer-whitney-houston-mother-cissy-91199816.jpg?resize=137,206&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 137w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/singer-whitney-houston-mother-cissy-91199816.jpg?resize=47,70&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 47w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/singer-whitney-houston-mother-cissy-91199816.jpg?resize=133,200&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 133w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/singer-whitney-houston-mother-cissy-91199816.jpg?resize=231,347&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 231w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/singer-whitney-houston-mother-cissy-91199816.jpg?resize=322,483&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 322w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/singer-whitney-houston-mother-cissy-91199816.jpg?resize=300,450&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 300w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/singer-whitney-houston-mother-cissy-91199816.jpg?resize=294,441&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 294w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/singer-whitney-houston-mother-cissy-91199816.jpg?resize=40,60&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 40w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/singer-whitney-houston-mother-cissy-91199816.jpg?resize=39,58&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 39w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/singer-whitney-houston-mother-cissy-91199816.jpg?resize=104,156&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 104w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/singer-whitney-houston-mother-cissy-91199816.jpg?resize=150,225&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/singer-whitney-houston-mother-cissy-91199816.jpg?resize=33,50&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 33w" sizes="(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px"><span class="nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon-text"> <span data-slideshow-modal="count">3</span> </span> </span></a></div><figcaption>Singer Whitney Houston and mother Cissy Houston attend the World Music Awards Ceremony on May 4, 1994 in Monaco, Monaco. <span class="credit">Corbis Via Getty Images</span></figcaption>

<a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/cissy-houston-grammy-winner-mother-whitney-houston-dies-114570705" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Associated Press</a> broke the news of her passing on Monday, Oct. 7. 

Cissy Houston is the mother of icon Whitney Houston.{ai:summary}<p>Cissy Houston, Grammy-winning singer and mother of Whitney Houston, has died at the age of 91. Her passing was reported by the Associated Press on October 7. </p><p>Cissy Houston was known for her contributions to music and her influence on her daughter's career. #culture</p>

Whitney Houston’s mother, Cissy Houston, dead at 91

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