Mariah Carey revealed that both her mother Patricia, and sister Alison died on the same day last weekend. Neither the cause nor the exact date of Patricia and Alison’s death is known at this time.

Carey, 55, said in a statement shared with Variety: “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. I feel blessed that I was able to spend the last week with my mom before she passed. I appreciate everyone’s love and support and respect for my privacy during this impossible time.”

Mariah’s mother Patricia was a Juilliard-trained opera singer and vocal coach. She went on to marry Alfred Roy Carey, welcoming three children—Morgan, Alison and Mariah—before divorcing when Mariah was 3 years old.

Carey openly spoke about her complicated relationship with mom Patricia and how they faced struggles over the years, writing in her 2020 memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey: “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. 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 .. I had to stop making myself available to be hurt by [my family]. It has been helpful. I have no doubt it is emotionally and physically safer for me not to have any contact with my [siblings]. The situation with Pat, on the other hand, is more complicated. I have reserved some room in my heart and life to hold her — but with boundaries. Creating boundaries with the woman who gave birth to me is not easy — it is a work in progress.”   In the dedication section of her memoir, Carey wrote: “And 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.”

Carey also spoke of her estrangement from her sister Alison, recently describing her on Oprah Winfrey’s Apple TV+ interview series as “troubled” and “traumatized.” In her book, Carey wrote that it was “emotionally and physically safer for me not to have any contact” with Alison and her brother Morgan.

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