Mariah Carey is mourning two devastating losses.
On Monday (August 26), the 55-year-old “Fantasy” singer announced that her mom Patricia and her older sister Alison died on the same day over the weekend.
“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 shared in a statement with People.
Keep reading to find out more…I feel blessed that I was able to spend the last week with my mom before she passed,” Mariah added. “I appreciate everyone’s love and support and respect for my privacy during this impossible time.”
No other details, including Patricia and Alison‘s causes of death, have been revealed at the time.
Mariah has had a complicated relationship with both her mother and sister over the years.
“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 wrote about her mother in her 2020 memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey. “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.”
Despite their issues, Mariah maintained a relationship with Patricia and dedicated her memoir in part to her mother.
“And to Pat, my mother, who, through it all, I do believe actually did the best she could,” Mariah wrote. “I will love you the best I can, always.”
As for her complex relationship with Alison, Mariah wrote in her memoir that it was, at least at the time, “emotionally and physically safer for me not to have any contact” with her.
Our thoughts are with Mariah Carey at this difficult time. RIP.
