The singer confirmed that Mariah Carey's mother and sister died on the same day. In a statement sent To the magazine the peopleThe singer said she was “devastated” by the deaths of her mother Patricia and sister Alison, without revealing the cause of death. “My heart is broken after losing my mother last weekend. Unfortunately, in a tragic turn of events, my sister also lost her life on the same day.”

“I am so blessed to have been able to spend the last week with my mother before she passed away,” she added in the same statement. “I appreciate everyone’s love, support, and respect for my privacy during this difficult time.”

It is not known whether they died of a long illness, although Mariah Carey's words lead us to believe that her 87-year-old mother was ill. Sister AllisonAccordingly, with Page Six, He will be 63 years old..

Patricia, who married Alfred Roy Carey in the 1960s, was a singing teacher and opera singer – from whom her daughter inherited her musical taste and talent. They had three children: Alison, Maria and Morgan. The singer was three years old when her parents separated.

It is known that the relationship between mother and daughter was always troubled. It was the singer herself who spoke about the subject in her memoirs. Mariah Carey meaning (Mariah Carey meaning“Like many aspects of my life, the journey with my mother was full of contradictions. It was never just black and white, but a whole rainbow of emotions.”

He described the relationship, without filters, as “a thorny series of pride, pain, shame, gratitude, jealousy, admiration and disappointment.” However, despite it being a “complicated love,” he admitted that his heart was “tethered” to his mother’s. “I think she actually did the best she could. ‘I will love you the best I can, always,’” he declared in the book.

Violations and Lawsuits

As far as we know, the sisters, Mariah and Alison, have not maintained any kind of contact. “Emotionally and physically, it is safer for me to have no contact,” the singer explained in the same biography, when she spoke about her brothers’ abuse of her as a child.

In one chapter, the artist recalled how her 20-year-old sister drugged her with anxiolytics when she was 12. “He offered me a little fingernail full of cocaine, gave me third-degree burns and tried to sell me to a pimp,” she said. Later, when she became famous in the 1990s, she complained that her brothers treated her like “an ATM machine.”

In 2021, Allison and her brother Morgan sued Maria for “intentional infliction of emotional distress” and defamation. In documents filed with the court, the older sister described how she had suffered from numerous health issues, including spinal injuries and gastrointestinal problems. Allison also recalled suffering “permanent and profound” trauma from an abusive childhood in which her mother “forced” her to attend Satanic cults, including “sacrificing rituals.”

Alison is seeking $1.25 million (€1.12 million) in damages for all damages caused by her sister's memoirs, especially since her children “abandoned her” after reading them, which led to her returning to drinking alcohol, after she had been sober “for years.” according to The Magazine In touchthe The court case was never resolved, with Morgan insisting that all of Mariah Carey's memories exist. “forged“.

Despite everything, over the past few years, mother, Patricia and Maria have been together several times, and it is possible to find photos of them on the artist's Instagram. In 2010, they came together to sing Come all you faithful / Hallelujah Choir In Mariah Carey's Christmas special, unofficially known as the “Queen of Christmas,” after the success All I want for Christmas is you.

Mariah Carey has two children: 13-year-old twins Maruca and Monroe, whom she affectionately calls Rock and Ro. The children are the result of relationships with rapper And comedian Nick Cannon, whom she split from in 2016. At the end of 2023, the artist ended her relationship with choreographer Bryan Tanaka, and so far there is no known new romantic relationship.