Posted on 08/26/2024 7:49:18 PM PDT by Red Badger
Mariah Carey’s mother Patricia and sister Alison both died on the same day, the singer said Monday.
“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,” the Grammy-winning singer said in a statement.
“I feel blessed that I was able to spend the last week with my mom before she passed,” the statement continued. “I appreciate everyone’s love and support and respect for my privacy during this impossible time.”
Further details about their causes of death were not immediately available. People Magazine first reported the news of their deaths and Carey’s statement.
Patricia was an opera singer and was previously married to Alfred Roy Carey, the singer’s father. The parents divorced when the “Obsessed” singer was 3.
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I was never a fan of Mariah Carey’s, but I send sincere condolences to her in the loss of both her mother and sister on the same day. All my family is gone. I have my two sons and my brother’s family. Wikipedia says she had two siblings, so I hope her remaining sibling is still around, and that they get along. As well Mariah has two children, and I hope they can be of some comfort to her.
I went to a Bill Clinton speech in New Jersey. He was pretty good.
Mariah Carey was the headline act that day. I happened to be around when she and her entourage arrived. There was an aura about her. Unfortunately, I couldn’t stay for her performance.
Did this just happen? Anyway poor girl,
Yes.........
That is truly sad. Fame and money can’t compare to your family’s love.
I don’t know what she looks like now, but back in the day, she was the absolute bomb.
My sincere condolences on her loss.
Easily the best female singer in the history of Motown-Arista style music. If there were a Grammy for all-time best female vocal performance, her debut “Vision of Love” would be hard to beat; she sounds comfortable and feminine at Eb3, and then soars up FOUR whole octaves FOURTY SIX semitones, making the Star-Spangled Banner seem like Gregorian chant.
By the way, Vision of Love is a praise-and-worship song that sold 4 million copies and spent four weeks at #1.
I grew up in the 50's and 60's. There were great female singers back then like Patsy Cline, Della Reese, Rosemary Clooney, Julie London, Peggy Lee, Dinah Shore, Kaye Starr, Doris Day, Teresa Brewer, etc. Judy Garland was popular, but I didn't care for her voice. My mother liked the Glenn Miller Orchestra, so I got used to listening to Big Band music, and have continued to enjoy it all these years. What I didn't know in the 50's, was that a lot of the female singers like Dinah Shore, Peggy Lee, and Doris Day sang with some of those war-time bands. I have a great 3-CD collection of The Andrews Sister, and Bing Crosby sang with them quite a bit. The McGuire Sisters were another favorite of mine. We used to watch them on the Arthur Godfrey TV show. They were regular performers.
You have great taste
Back in the day we had singers, now we have artists. Interesting change of terminology
Makes the singers of today feel like they're in the hoity-toity group, when most of them belong in a dog kennel. I don't listen to any of them because there's too much great movie from the 30's, 40', 50's and 60's to satisfy music my needs.
Thanks! I was the baby of the family, so I luckily took on the music tastes of my family members.
She was a talented girl. I remember her Grammy speech early on. It was sad to see her devolve into a kind of diva joke. Still, I like a lot of her songs. Sad that anyone would have to experience this kind of loss.
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