Soul singer Cissy Houston, who was also known as the mother of pop icon Whitney Houston, died Monday morning. She was 91.

As we mourn the passing of the gospel music great who gave the world Whitney Houston, we look back at her legendary life.

Cissy Houston, the Grammy-winning Gospel singer and mother to Whitney Houston, has died. Her family confirmed that she died on Monday morning due to complications of Alzheimer’s disease while under hospice care in her home in Newark, New Jersey. She was 91 years old.