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Singer Mariah Carey has reportedly experienced a tragedy on the personal front. The singer recently revealed that her mother Patricia passed away during the weekend. To further the tragedy, Carey’s sister Alison also reportedly lost her life on the same day as her mother’s.
Carey has yet to reveal the causes of their deaths but she issued a statement confirming that both of the family members had passed. The singer had opened up about her complex relationship with her mother on several occasions. Apart from her mother, Carey reportedly also wrote about her relationship with her sister in her memoir.
Mariah Carey Issues Heartbreaking Statement Over Mother And Sister’s Death
SingerMariah Careyis possibly best known for her song ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’, which is the best-selling holiday single from a female artist of all time. Carey has garnered several awards over the years and is often considered among the greatest singers of all time. She has won five Grammys and multiple AMAs and WMAs over the years.
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The singer, however, reportedly went through a personal tragedy over the week as her mother Patricia and sister Alison passed away on the same day. While the cause of death was not revealed, Carey requested privacy for her and her family as they dealt with the tragedy.
Carey issued a statement regarding her mother and sister’s death toPeople,
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.
Patricia was reportedly also a singer and was well-versed in the opera. Carey has mentioned how she encouraged her singing career on multiple occasions.
Mariah Carey Had A Complicated Relationship With Her Mother
While Mariah Carey received a lot of encouragement from her mother regarding pursuing a career in singing and has credited her with not forcing her to go the opera route like herself, she has written about the complex relationship she shared with Patricia. TheHerosinger had also reportedly revealed that her mother’s criticisms affected her (viaBBC News).
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Carey wrote about an incident with her mother in her memoirThe Meaning of Mariah Carey. Her mother reportedly put her down once after having a singing session in the car when Carey was a teen. She wrote (viaPeople),
[She said] ‘You should only hope that one day you become half the singer I am’. Still, to this day, what she said haunts and hurts me. I don’t know if she meant to cut me down to size or it was just her bruised ego talking; all I know is that those words that shot out of her mouth pierced my chest and were buried in my heart.
While crediting her with encouraging her to be an artist, Carey also acknowledged that she faced significant neglect from her mother and it took her a long time to come to terms with that duality.
Nishanth A
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Nishanth A is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on TV shows with over 2,000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past two years and a scriptwriter at various corporations before that, working on educational content. With a Communications, English Literature, and Psychology triple major, Nishanth usually covers news and analyses on Star Trek, particularly Strange New Worlds and The Next Generation; Doctor Who, the DCU, and more.A Nolan fan, Nishanth spends his time exploring the filmographies of various directors with an auteurial style or can be found making short movies of his own. He has also contributed as a feature writer for Film Companion, focusing on the South division.
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