Mariah Carey‘s mother, Patricia, and sister, Alison, have died, the 55-year-old singer revealed. In a new statement obtained by PEOPLE on Monday, August 26, Mariah revealed that she lost both family members on the same day.
“My heart is broken that I’ve lost my mother this past weekend,” the Grammy Award winner told the outlet. “Sadly, in a tragic turn of events, my sister lost her life on the same day.”
It’s unclear how Mariah lost both her sister and mother last weekend. However, in her statement, she added that she feels “blessed that [she] was able to spend the last week with [her] mom before she passed.”
Mariah Carey and her mom, Patricia, sing “O Come, All Ye Faithful” during an ABC Christmas special in 2010.
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“I appreciate everyone’s love and support and respect for my privacy during this impossible time,” Mariah concluded.
Mariah’s late mother was an opera singer and a vocal coach. Patricia raised her daughters, Mariah and Alison, and son Morgan in Huntington, New York. Patricia shared her children with ex-husband Alfred Roy Carey.
The “Emotions” artist had a complicated relationship with her late mother. Mariah opened up about their tension in her 2020 memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey, calling their distant relationship a “prickly rope” of “pride” and “pain.”
