Double blow of fate for Mariah Carey: her mother and older sister died on the same day. The US singer’s relationship with her family was difficult.
Mariah Carey (55, “Hero”) is mourning the loss of her mother and her sister: According to the pop star, both died on the same day. The death of her mother Patricia breaks her heart, the American singer said on Monday, according to US media. She died at the weekend – and tragically her sister lost her life on the same day. “I feel lucky that I was able to spend the last week before her death with my mother,” “People” quoted the Grammy award winner’s statement as saying.
The singer, known for hits such as “All I Want For Christmas Is You”, who has 13-year-old twins with ex-husband Nick Cannon, did not provide any information about the cause of death. According to People magazine, the mother was 87 years old, and Carey’s older sister Alison died at the age of 63.
Carey had worked her way to the top from a broken family. In her 2020 autobiography “The Meaning of Mariah Carey,” she described a difficult, poor childhood marked by neglect and racism. Her mother was of Irish descent and earned her money as a singer, her father, who died in 2002, had African-American and Venezuelan roots and was an engineer. The couple separated a few years after Carey was born. She has an older brother.
In her memoirs, the singer wrote about a complicated relationship with her mother and only very sporadic contact with the family. In February 2019, she posted a photo of herself as a little girl with her mother on Instagram – as a birthday greeting “to a true diva – my mother, Patricia Carey”.
Source: Stern
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