American singer Mariah Carey’s mother, Patricia, and sister, Alison, died on the same day over the weekend.
No further details were released about the causes of death.
“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,” she said in a statement.
The Grammy-winning singer said she felt blessed to have spent time with her mother in the week before her death and asked for privacy.
Patricia, 87, was a former opera singer and vocal coach of Irish-American descent.
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In Carey’s 2020 memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey, the five-time Grammy Award-winning singer detailed her complicated relationship with her mother, saying it had caused her “so much pain and confusion”.
According to BBC, Carey, 55, said competition had come between them.
Professional jealousy “comes with the territory of success, but when the person is your mother and the jealousy is revealed at such a tender age, it’s particularly painful”, she added.
“To Pat, my mother, who, through it all, I do believe actually did the best she could. I will love you the best I can, always.”
