Cissy Houston is cashing in on Whitney’s tragic death, say family members

Cissy Houston, mother of late star Whitney Houston, is cashing in on her child’s tragic death, that’s what some family members think of her plans to write a tell-all book, new reports have claimed.

Sources close to the Houston family told TMZ that Cissy Houston’s new publishing deal with Harper-Collins for a memoir is merely a lame attempt to make money – since Whitney Houston left everything to her daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown – and not at all about honoring the late singer.

One source said the book, which is slated for release in 2013, could also be a PR move for Cissy Houston, claiming: “She will try to come out looking like the world’s greatest mom, when in actuality, she wasn’t.”