Cissy Houston, the two-time Grammy-wining gospel singer and mother of the late Whitney Houston, died today while under hospice care. She was 91.

Cissy Houston, a two-time Grammy winner who sang with Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin and was the mother of Whitney Houston, died Monday, her family says.

Cissy Houston, mother of singer Whitney and a backup singer with Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix and others, has died. She was 91. According to the Associated Press, Houston died Monday in her New Jersey home under hospice care for Alzheimer’s disease.