Details have emerged of the circumstances surrounding the recent death of Mariah Carey’s sister on the same day the pair’s mother also passed away.
Carey told People on Monday that both her mother Patricia and sister Alison had died within just hours of one another over the weekend. “I feel blessed that I was able to spend the last week with my mom before she passed,” the legendary singer said. “I appreciate everyone’s love and support and respect for my privacy during this impossible time.”
Dave Baker, a close friend of Alison’s, has now spoken with The Sun, saying the singer’s sister had been suffering from health troubles before she died, and had sought out hospice care in the last three weeks of her life. He added Alison “had a problem with [her] internal organs,” but did not go into further detail.
