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Cissy Houston
Deceased

How Did Cissy Houston Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 91
Also known as씨씨 휴스턴GenderFemaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn30/09/1933Born inNewark, New Jersey, USADied07/10/2024 (aged 91)Died inNewarkCauseAlzheimer's diseaseWikidataQ465702 ↗TMDb#1107729 ↗

Emily "Cissy" Houston was an American soul and gospel singer. Born in Newark, New Jersey, Houston began singing with three of her siblings in a family gospel group, the Drinkard Singers. By the early 1960s, Houston had begun a career as a session vocalist for several secular musicians in the rhythm and blues, soul, rock and roll, and pop genres.

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Filmography12 titles

Importing filmography…
YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2026EPiC: Elvis Presley in ConcertMovieSelf (archive footage)93
2022Whitney, a Look BackMovieSelf - Whitney's Mother (archive footage)89
2021Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me OverMovieSelf88
2021Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It AllMovieSelf (archive footage)88
2018WhitneyMovieSelf - Mother85
2017Whitney: Can I Be MeMovieSelf - Whitney's Mother84
2014Killing Me Softly: The Roberta Flack StoryMovieSelf81
1988Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday TributeMovieSelf55
1987Superstars and their MomsMovieSelf54
1985Taking My TurnMovieHelen52
1980HoodlumsMovieHerself47
1970Elvis: That's the Way It IsMovieSelf (uncredited)37