{"id":3845,"date":"2024-08-28T02:09:32","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T02:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=3845"},"modified":"2024-08-28T02:09:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T02:09:33","slug":"mariah-carey-mourns-the-loss-of-her-mother-and-sister-on-the-same-day-leaving-her-heartbroken-and-grief-stricken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=3845","title":{"rendered":"Mariah Carey mourns the loss of her mother and sister on the same day, leaving her heartbroken and grief-stricken"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/48940950.295.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3846\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Award-winning singer Mariah Carey is mourning the loss of two close relations as she revealed her mom and estranged sister passed away on the same day over the weekend, TMZ reported.<br><br>The 55-year-old singer\u2019s mother, Patricia Carey, was an Opera singer while Mariah was said to be estranged from her sister Alison at the time of her death. The All I Want for Christmas singer shared the unfortunate news in a statement.<br><br>\u201cMy heart is broken that I\u2019ve lost my mother this past weekend. Sadly, in a tragic turn of events, my sister lost her life on the same day,\u201d Mariah shared. \u201cI feel blessed that I was able to spend the last week with my mom before she passed. I appreciate everyone\u2019s love and support and respect for my privacy during this impossible time.\u201d<br><br>The pair\u2019s causes of death were, however, not disclosed at the time of this report. Mariah in her 2020 memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey touched on her relationship with her mother, explaining that it was \u201ccomplicated.\u201d<br><br>She wrote that it was a \u201cprickly rope of pride, pain, shame, gratitude, jealousy, admiration, and disappointment.\u201d However, the bond between the Grammy award-winner and her mother remained despite their tumultuous relationship. Mariah in her memoir also revealed her mother tried her best, adding that she would never stop loving her, TMZ reported.<br><br>The relationship between Mariah and her sister was reportedly far from mutual as they were estranged. Alison in 2021 filed a lawsuit against her sister over allegations the singer made in her memoir. Alison in the suit claimed that she suffered emotional distress after the book hit the shelves.<br><br>Mariah was born to Patricia and Alfred Roy Carey \u2013 an aeronautical engineer. Her father, who died in 2002, was of African-American and Afro-Venezuelan heritage. In her memoir, Mariah revealed her family disowned her mother for marrying a Black man. Her parents divorced when she was 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Award-winning singer Mariah Carey is mourning the loss of two close relations as she revealed her mom and estranged sister passed away on the same [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3845"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3847,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3845\/revisions\/3847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}