Mariah Carey’s mother and sister Alison both , the singer confirmed in a statement. “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,” she said in a statement.
“I feel blessed that I was able to spend the last week with my mom before she passed.” Carey concluded by saying she appreciated “ everyone’s love and support and respect for my privacy during this impossible time.” No additional details regarding Patricia and Alison Carey’s deaths have been released.
Over the years, Mariah Carey has opened up about her complicated relationship with her sister, Alison Carey, and surviving brother, Morgan Carey. In her 2020 memoir, "The Meaning of Mariah Carey," the singer described the complexities of her relationship to her sister and their childhood in Long Island, New York. Mariah Carey described Alison Carey as “deeply wounded” and “the most brilliant and broken person I have ever known.
” Noting that her sister experienced the “discomfort” and “animosity” in her family firsthand, the singer wrote that Alison Carey saw “things a child should never see and I will never know.” “I do know that what she experienced damaged and derailed her girlhood,” Mariah Carey wrote. “She was fully aware when the family unit unraveled and our parents turned on each other; she absorbed the full pain of a family coming undone.
” Aside from detailing their estranged si.