Mariah Carey’s mom Patricia and sister Alison died on the same day over the weekend. ‘The All I Want for Christmas Is You’ singer made the announcement on Monday and thanked people for their “love and support”.
Mariah Carey is heart broken
“My heart is broken that I’ve lost my mother this past weekend. Sadly, in a tragic turn of events, my sister lost her life on the same day,” Mariah Carey said in a statement on Monday.
The 55 years old Grammy-winning singer also added in her statement “I feel blessed that I was able to spend the last week with my mom before she passed. I appreciate everyone’s love and support and respect for my privacy during this impossible time.”
The pop star has not shared any specific details about the cause of deaths of Patricia Carey and Alison Carey. According to reports, Patricia Carey was 87 years old. Mariah’s 63 years old elder sister Alison Carey lived in Coxsackie, New York as mentioned in a Times Union newspaper article.
Mariah Carey’s parents
Patricia Carey was a talented opera singer trained at Juilliard. She also worked as a vocal coach. Patricia Carey was married to Alfred Roy(Mariah’s father). They got separated when Mariah was just three years old. Sadly, Alfred Roy passed away in 2002.
Mariah Carey’s strained relationship with her mom and sister
In her 2020 memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey, Mariah Carey highlighted the complexities of her relationship with her mother. She mentioned – “Like many aspects of my life, my journey with my mother has been full of contradictions and competing realities. It’s never been only black-and-white — it’s been a whole rainbow of emotions.”
Mariah Carey and her sister Alison Carey were reportedly not on good terms. In 2021, Alison even took legal action against Mariah. Alison claimed that parts of Mariah’s memoir caused her severe emotional distress. In a lawsuit filed in New York, Alison Carey accused her younger sister of using her book as a tool to “humiliate and embarrass” her. Though Mariah Carey didn’t submit any official legal response to the claim, as shown in online court records.
Mariah Carey grew up with two siblings—her sister, Alison Carey, and her brother, Morgan Carey. Their mother, Patricia Carey, raised all three of them.
Mariah Carey husband
In 1993, She got married to Tommy Mottola, former CEO of Sony Music Entertainment. After five years of marriage, they got seperated in 1998.
In 2008, Mariah got marrried to Nick Cannon, the former American comedian and television host. This time, they separated in 2016 after six years of marriage.
As of now, Mariah Carey is single! After more than seven years of dating, the eminent singer and Bryan Tanaka split in late 2023.
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