Mariah Carey Mourns Mother and Sister, Died on the Same Day

Mariah Carey is mourning the loss of her mother and sister, who both passed away on the same day. The renowned singer Mariah Carey Mourns Mother, known for her complicated relationship with them, is grieving but has not revealed the cause of their deaths.

In a surprising announcement, Mariah Carey shared that her mother Patricia and sister Alison died on the same day.

“My heart is broken that I’ve lost my mother this past weekend. Tragically, my sister also lost her life on the same day,” the Grammy-winning singer, 55, stated in an exclusive message to PEOPLE.

No information has been provided about the circumstances of their deaths, whether they were involved in an accident together, or if it was merely a tragic coincidence that they both died on the same day from different causes. However, Carey’s remark, “I feel blessed that I was able to spend the last week with my mom before she passed,” indicates that it was not an unexpected event.

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Mariah’s relationship with her mother and sister was, like many family dynamics, quite complex. In her 2020 memoir, “The Meaning of Mariah Carey,” she explored the intricacies of these relationships. Patricia, 87, who was previously married to Alfred Roy Carey, was a Juilliard-trained opera singer and vocal coach before the couple had Alison, Mariah, and son Morgan. The parents eventually divorced when Mariah was just 3 years old.

In her memoir, Mariah Carey who was born in Huntington, Long Island, wrote, “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.”

In flowery language, she added, “Our relationship is a prickly rope of pride, pain, shame, gratitude, jealousy, admiration and disappointment.”  Mariah continued in the book, “A complicated love tethers my heart to my mother’s.”

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Despite its contentious nature, they maintained the relationship over the years. In 2010, they came together for ABC’s Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to You special and performed a duet of “O Come All Ye Faithful/Hallelujah Chorus.”  Mariah also dedicated her memoir in part to Patricia. “And to Pat, my mother, who, through it all, I do believe did the best she could,” she wrote. “I will love you the best I can, always.”

Her relationship with her sister Alison was no smoother. The star wrote in the memoir that it was, at least at the time, “emotionally and physically safer for me not to have any contact” with her or her brother, Morgan. Details of what was at the origin of the conflicts are not clear, but Mariah’s biography alludes to a difficult childhood.

Mariah thanked her many fans saying, “I appreciate everyone’s love and support and respect for my privacy during this impossible time, where I mourn my mother and sister died the same day.” The legendary singer Mariah Carey Mourns Mother and sister, who had a difficult relationship with both, decided not to reveal the cause of death.