In Memoriam: Notable people who died in 2024
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Cissy Houston was a Grammy-winning singer and the mother of Whitney Houston. She began her career as part of a gospel act before breaking through in popular music in the 1960s as a member of the prominent backing group "The Sweet Inspirations" with Doris Troy and her niece Dee Dee Warwick. Houston would go on to sing with Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley and many others. Houston died Oct. 7 while under hospice care for Alzheimer’s disease. She was 91.