Cissy Houston, the mother of the late Whitney Houston, will “set the record straight” about her daughter’s career and untimely death in an upcoming memoir, HarperCollins Publishers announced.
The yet-untitled book is scheduled for release on Feb. 15, 2013.
Houston said in a statement she hopes the book gives fans a “deeper understanding into my daughter’s true story.”
“When I lost my daughter Nippy, the world lost one of the most beautiful voices and an extraordinarily beautiful and charitable woman,” the 78-year-old gospel singer said.
Whitney Houston drowned accidentally in the bathtub of a Beverly Hills hotel room on Feb. 11 aged 48, with cocaine and heart disease playing a role in her death.
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