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It's been nearly a year since her beloved daughter Whitney Houston's shock death.
However, the pain of losing her is still understandably very raw for her mother Cissy Houston.
The gospel singer, 79, broke down during an interview with Oprah Winfrey as she recalled the moment her eldest son Gary Garland told her her daughter was dead.
In the interview for Oprah's OWN network, Whitney's other brother Michael admitted he was the one who first introduced her to drugs.
Emotional: Cissy Houston breaks down as she recalls the moment she found out her daughter Whitney had died.
Regrets: Whitney's brother Michael admits he was responsible for introducing his sister to drugs
Michael's confessions ends years of speculation that Whitney's ex-husband Bobby Brown was responsible for introducing the singer to her dangerous lifestyle.
Interviewed at her home in New Jersey, Cissy tells Oprah of her disbelief when she received the fateful phonecall from Gary on February 11 last year.
Whitney, known as Nippy to her family, was found unresponsive in a bathtub at the Beverly Hilton after drowning. Tests later showed she had been taking cocaine.
Guilt: Michael battled his own drug demons and has been clean for four months
She said: 'My son called me and he was screaming, "Mom, Mommy," Then, oh God. I said, "What is wrong, what's wrong?" He just said, "Nippy. Nippy." I said, "What's wrong with Nippy?"
'He said, "I don't know, I can't go back up there (Whitney's hotel room).... They found Nippy." I said, "They found her what, what?"
'And I was getting annoyed because he wasn't telling me anything. He said, "Mommy..." I said, "Is she dead?" And he said, "Yeah, Mommy, she's dead." And I don't remember too much else after that.'
'I was a wreck': Cissy was alone when she received the fateful phone call about her daughter
Cissy admitted she was alone at the time of the phone call: 'I was a wreck. I was just a wreck.'
Meanwhile, Cissy supports her son Michael as he admits his regrets over introducing his little sister to drugs.
In her new book Remembering Whitney, Cissy admits her 'confusion' at finding out Michael and Whitney had been doing drugs together.
Speaking to Oprah, Michael said: 'I feel responsible I let it go so far.
Check out the view: Oprah Winfrey interviews the pair at Cissy's New Jersey waterfront mansion
Family pride: Cissy shows off photos of her daughter on a tour of her home
'We were always being together most of the time and her following behind me. I taught her to drive, we played together, everything you do as you're growing up.
'If you do drugs, you do that together too... and it just got out of hand. This drug is rough.'
Michael goes on to admit he started taking drugs again following Whitney's death, but has now been sober since October 2012.
A mother's love: Cissy and a teenage Whitney
Close-knit: Whitney and her two older brothers Michael and Gary...
Culled from The Daily Mail UK...
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Simply Cheska...
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