Mariah Carey verifies that her sister Alison and mother Patricia D ied on the same day
«I appreciate everyone’s love and support and respect for my privacy during this impossible time,» says Mariah.
PEOPLE can confirm that Mariah Carey’s mother Patricia and sister Alison passed away on the same day over the weekend.
«I lost my mother this past weekend, and it devastated my heart. Regretfully, my sister passed away on the same day due to a tragic turn of events,» the 55-year-old Grammy Award winner said in a statement made exclusively to PEOPLE.
«I feel blessed that I was able to spend the last week with my mom before she passed,» says Mariah. «I appreciate everyone’s love and support and respect for my privacy during this impossible time.» At this point, no more information is available, including Patricia and Alison’s causes of d eath.
Before welcoming Alison, Mariah, and son Morgan into their family, Patricia, who had previously been married to Alfred Roy Carey, was a voice instructor and opera singer with training from Juilliard. When the «Hero» vocalist was three years old, the parents eventually got divorced.
Throughout her life, Mariah’s relationship with her mother—from whom she received her singing abilities—was tumultuous.»My relationship with my mother has been full of paradoxes and conflicting realities, much like many other areas of my existence. «There has always been a wide range of emotions; it’s not just black and white,» she stated in her memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey, published in 2020.
Mariah went on in the book, «Our relationship is a prickly rope of pride, pain, shame, gratitude, jealousy, admiration, and disappointment.» «A complicated love tethers my heart to my mother’s.»
