Superstar Mariah Carey revealed that her mother, Patricia Carey, and sister, Alison Carey, d!ed on the same day, causing an unimaginable sadness. The Grammy Award-winning musician confirmed that two of her close relatives had passed away over the weekend in a message she sent.
“My heart is broken that I’ve lost my mother this past weekend,” Carey shared, as per PEOPLE.
“Sadly, in a tragic turn of events, my sister lost her life on the same day.”
Needless to say, experiencing such profound loss is a virtually incomparable experience, though Carey did express her gratitude at getting to spend time with her mother before her passing.
The singer of All I Want For Christmas expressed gratitude for having spent the final week of her life with her.
“I appreciate everyone’s love and support and respect for my privacy during this impossible time.”
As of this writing, the causes of mother Patricia’s and sister Alison’s deaths are still unknown. Patricia was a Juilliard-trained opera soprano and vocal instructor before she married Alfred Roy Carey and had son Morgan, daughters Alison and Mariah. Mariah’s parents separated when she was three years old.
According to PEOPLE, the We Belong Together hitmaker had a complicated relationship with her mother.
“Like many aspects of my life, my journey with my mother has been full of contradictions and competing realities,” Mariah Carey said in her 2020 memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey. It’s always been a rainbow of feelings rather than just black and white.
The singer’s relationship with Alison was also strained, at least as of the publication of her aforementioned memoir. Within the pages of the book, Carey wrote that it was “emotionally and physically safer for me not to have any contact” with her siblings.
We’re sending strength and love in Mariah Carey’s direction. It’s extremely difficult to deal with the loss of a loved one, but to endure two passing on the same day?
