Whitney Houston’s late mother Cissy ‘killed by broken heart’

After Cissy’s death, her family said in their statement that she could now “rest in peace next to her daughter.” Whitney and granddaughter Bobbi Kristina and other valued family members.”

Former gospel singer Cissy tried for years to get Whitney off drugs.

A family friend said: “For years Cissy begged Whitney to stop doing drugs, to stop drinking, to stop living in the fast lane, but tragically she didn’t.”