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[…] no surprise how Houston became an icon, commanding respect through her artistry, one hit after another. Born to a musical dynasty, Houston’s mother is Grammy-winning gospel vocalist Cissy Houston (who sang background for artists like Elvis Priestly and Aretha Franklin) and her father, John Russell Houston Jr., was an entertainment manager and army veteran. Her […]

[…] quarters of the way into “Whitney,” a documentary made with the cooperation of Houston’s family. The alleged incidents of abuse took place while her mother, gospel singer  Cissy Houston was touring. The experience is the reason Houston insisted on taking her daughter Bobbi Kristina on the road with her, Jones said. She also tells filmmakers that the alleged […]

[…] like a microphone stand and dream of becoming one of the greatest singers of all time, as expressive as those voices she spent her formative years studying: Cissy Houston, her mom, mentor, vocal coach and inspiration along with her cousin Dionne Warwick, her dear friend Darlene Love, or even The Queen of Soul herself, Aretha […]

[…] to ABC News, a coroner’s report found traces of cocaine and prescription medications in her system. Her death was ruled an accidental drowning. Michael and his mother Cissy Houston opened up about their grief in an episode on Oprah’s Next Chapter a year after Whitney’s passing. During the interview, Michael confessed that he felt responsible […]

* Cissy Houston is making messy news again. This time it involves her late granddaughter’s trust fund. According to a report filed by Bossip, Bobbi Kristina Brown’s estate administrator, Bedelia Hargrove, has begged a judge to fire her grandmother and her aunt as guardians of her trust fund. Why is that, you may be asking? […]

[…] her trust with the co-trustees that had been appointed prior to her tragic death. Since her death, the administrator, Bedelia C. Hargrove, and the co-trustees, Pat and Cissy Houston, have been battling it out in court over everything from the Nick Gordon lawsuit to the Houston’s being asked to reimburse certain funeral costs, which they […]

[…] live. The funeral’s pastor was gospel singer Marvin Winans, while Houston’s cousin Dionne Warwick presided, introducing speakers and singers, and sharing her own thoughts about “Nippy.” Whitney’s mom Cissy Houston and 18-year-old daughter, Bobbi Kristina, held onto each other as three police officers escorted Houston’s casket inside. Houston’s ex-husband, Bobby Brown, appeared briefly at the service. He […]

* Cissy Houston is speaking out about the condition of her granddaughter Bobbi Kristina Brown and the news still isn’t good. It’s been more than three months since Bobbi K. was found face-down and unresponsive in her bathtub and is showing no signs of improvement in her condition, Houston says. “ is the same. She’s […]

[…] and doesn’t care who it hurts or if it is true as long as she makes a buck,” the insider noted. This may explain why Houston’s mother, Cissy Houston, was oblivious to the alleged sexual abuse of her pop icon daughter and son, Gary Garland-Houston, until the filming of the newest documentary on the singer’s […]

[…] her mother had always wanted for herself.” As a child, Houston – nicknamed ‘Nippy’ – sang in her mother’s New Hope Baptist Church, modeling her technique on Cissy’s. “I made her what she was,” Cissy would tell Oprah Winfrey in an interview following her daughter’s death. “I made her what she was,” Cissy would […]

[…] point in Houston’s will that revealed that all the money would go to the people Houston designated. In this case, that would be the late entertainer’s mother, Cissy and her brothers Michael and Gary. As a result of this, Bobbi Kristina had no authority to give away 9/10’s of Houston money. Although Houston had […]

*So why we we so not at all surprised to learn that Cissy Houston is majorly pissed at Bobby Brown for dishing the dirt on Whitney in his interview with Robin Roberts on ABC’s “20/20” with revelations from his forthcoming memoir, “Every Little Step.” Not that Bobby cares, but Whitney’s mother told People just how […]

[…] Blames Nick Gordon for Whitney Houston’s Death, Too (Watch) Although Whitney strongly denied the claims, Brown says it could have been because her family and her mother, Cissy Houston, in particular, didn’t approve of the lesbian relationship — even insisting Crawford be fired. Cissy, 82, revealed to Oprah Winfrey in 2013 that it “absolutely” would […]

Dionne Warwick Earnest Pugh Cissy Houston – Getty composite *Dionne Warwick is not having it with Earnest Pugh! On Wednesday, the gospel star sent social media into a frenzy after he incorrectly announced the death of Whitney Houston’s mother (Cissy Houston). Social media users came across his Facebook post which included a picture of her […]

*After the public has heard from Bobby Brown and Nick Gordon, Bobbi Kristina Brown’s grandmother Cissy Houston is breaking her silence regarding the status of her granddaughter. Houston commented on Bobbi Kristina for the first time during an interview with New York radio station WBLS that was posted online Wednesday (March 25). Regarding Bobbi Kristina’s […]