Mariah Carey rushed to her mother’s bedside after completing her eight-date stint of her Las Vegas residency.
The 55-year-old singer wrapped up her final The Celebration of Mimi show at Dolby Live at Park MGM on August 10.
In a heartbreaking statement, Mariah announced the deaths of her mother Patricia, 87, and estranged sister Alison, 63, saying they passed away on the same day.
The singer found some solace in the fact that she spent the past week with her mother, who arrived just days after completing the final leg of her Las Vegas residency.
Mariah said People‘I am heartbroken to have lost my mother last weekend. Sadly, in a tragic turn of events, my sister lost her life on the same day.
Mariah Carey rushed to her mother’s bedside after completing her eight-date stint of her Las Vegas residency (with her daughter Monroe and her mother)
The 55-year-old singer wrapped up her final The Celebration of Mimi show at Dolby Live at Park MGM on August 10.
‘I feel blessed to have been able to spend the last week with my mother before she passed away.
‘I appreciate everyone’s love and support and respect for my privacy during this impossible time.’
There was no further information on the causes of Patricia and Alison’s deaths.
Just two weeks ago, Mariah marked the end of her final eight-date leg of The Celebration of Mimi on Instagram.
Sharing a photo on stage with all of her dancers and support crew, she wrote: ‘Had so much fun with you guys this summer in Vegas at “The Celebration of Mimi”! Thank you to everyone who came out here even in 120 degrees.
“Thank you to my irreplaceable team, on and off stage. Can’t wait to do this again in January 2025! Xoxo MC.”
The grieving singer is not scheduled to perform until January 31 at Las Vegas shows.
Just two weeks ago, Mariah marked the end of her final eight-date leg of The Celebration of Mimi on Instagram.
Sharing a photo on stage with all of her dancers and support crew, she wrote: ‘Had so much fun with you guys this summer in Vegas at “The Celebration of Mimi”!’
In a statement, Mariah announced the deaths of her mother Patricia, 87, and estranged sister Alison, 63, saying they passed away on the same day. Alison pictured in 2018
Mariah had a notoriously strained relationship with her mother and sister over the years, and was estranged from Alison, a recovering drug addict, for three decades before her death.
Patricia was married to Mariah’s father, Afro-Venezuelan Alfred Roy Carey, until she was three. Mariah’s father died at the age of 72 in 2002.
Her parents’ interracial marriage upset her maternal family and they later divorced.
In addition to substance abuse, Alison suffered from homelessness throughout her life. She was also HIV positive.
Dave Baker, Alison’s close friend and carer, said she had been struggling with her health in recent weeks.
They said The US Sun: ‘Alison was receiving palliative care at home for the last three weeks of her life.
He added that he had a problem with his internal organs before continuing: ‘I have known her for nine years and as her friend and, in recent months, her caregiver, I will miss her greatly.
“Goodbye, Alison. May you now find peace and may your tortured soul be forever free from earthly pain.”
In 2016, Alison made an impassioned plea to her famous sister on DailyMail.com, begging her to mend the rift between them and help save her life, saying: “Mariah, I love you, I desperately need your help.”
She was in urgent need of financial support as she battled to regain her health following a devastating attack on her home that left her brain damaged and seriously ill. She had been in and out of hospital.
In addition to Mariah and Alison, Patricia and Roy also had a son, Morgan, who is now 64 years old.
Patricia, educated at Juilliard, was an opera singer and vocal teacher.
Mariah opened up about her complicated relationships with her mother and sister in her 2020 memoir, The Meaning Of Mariah Carey.
“Like many aspects of my life, my relationship with my mother has been full of contradictions and conflicting realities. It’s never been black and white, it’s been a rainbow of emotions,” she explained.
Mariah with her sister at the singer’s wedding to Tommy Mottola in 1993
She said their relationship was “a thorny rope of pride, pain, shame, gratitude, jealousy, admiration and disappointment.”
The book was also dedicated to Patricia: “And to Pat, my mother, who, despite everything, I believe did the best she could,” the singer wrote in the dedication.
‘I will love you the best I can, always.’
In 2009, the pop star told CBS Sunday Morning that her mother was the first person who inspired her.
“My mother was definitely the first person who inspired me. She was an opera singer and still sings,” he said at the time.
When journalist Troy Roberts asked him how he became aware of his musical talent, he replied: “Well, my mother tells a story. She said she was doing Rigoletto and she kept rehearsing a part over and over again.
“And then he messed up. And I said, ‘No, that’s it,’ and I sang it to him.”
Four years ago, Mariah reflected on how she was raised by Patricia, writing in her book that their attachment “has caused me much pain and confusion.”
She explained: ‘For my sanity and peace of mind, my therapist encouraged me to literally change my name and rethink my family.
“My mother became Pat to me, Morgan became my ex-brother, and Alison became my ex-sister. I had to stop hoping that one day, miraculously, they would become the mom, big brother, and big sister I fantasized about.”
In 2020, Mariah alleged that Alison, whom she described as “troubled and traumatized… tried to sell her to a pimp.”
In one passage of her book, Carey said of her sister Allison: ‘When I was 12, my sister drugged me with valium, offered me a pinky nail full of cocaine, gave me third-degree burns and tried to sell me to a pimp.’
