Mariah Carey has spoken openly about her complicated relationship with her parents over the years. In 2002, the singer lost her father, Alfred Roy Carey. On Aug.
26, she announced the death of her mother, Patricia Carey, over the weekend. "I feel blessed that I was able to spend the last week with my mom before she passed," Carey said in the statement shared with TODAY.com.
"I appreciate everyone's love and support and respect for my privacy during this impossible time." In her 2020 memoir, "The Meaning of Mariah Carey," the 55-year-old shared many details about the complex dynamic she had with both of her parents. The couple, who divorced when Mariah Carey was just 3 years old, shared three children together: their daughters Mariah and Alison and a son named Morgan.
Curious to learn more about the singer's late parents? Below, we outline everything she has shared about them. Patricia Carey In August 2024, Mariah Carey announced that her mother Patricia Carey and her sister Alison Carey had both died on the same day "in a tragic turn of events." The singer did not share additional details about their deaths.
Mariah had a troubled relationship with her mother In her memoir, Mariah Carey called her "complicated journey" with Patricia Carey a story of "betrayal and beauty," "love and abandonment" and "sacrifice and survival." "Our relationship is a prickly rope of pride, pain, shame, gratitude, jealousy, admiration and disappointment. A complicated love tethers my heart to my mo.