Cissy Houston, the Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter – and mother of late music icon Whitney Houston – passed away on Monday, October 7 after battling with Alzheimer’s Disease. She was 91.
Houston’s former son-in-law Bobby Brown, father of Whitney’s late daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown, issued condolences to the Houston family in a statement to People.com.
“Sending love and blessings to the Houston family on this great loss,” Brown and his wife Alicia Etheredge-Brown said jointly. “May she rest in Peace and Power. The Browns.”
Brown’s words came almost immediately after Houston’s daughter-in-law Pat Houston released a statement announcing Cissy Houston’s passing.
“Our hearts are filled with pain and sadness. We lost the matriarch of our family,” she said in a statement. “Mother Cissy has been a strong and towering figure in our lives. A woman of deep faith and conviction, who cared greatly about family, ministry, and community. Her more than seven-decade career in music and entertainment will remain at the forefront of our hearts.”