Mariah Carey mourns

Mariah Carey mourns mother and sister

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 give any details about the respective causes of death.(Bild: AP)

Mariah Carey (55, "Hero") suffered a heavy loss at the weekend: according to the pop star, her mother and her sister Alison died on the same day. The death of her mother Patricia would break her heart, said the pop star. 

Patricia had passed away at the weekend and, tragically, her sister had also lost her life on the same day.

"I consider myself lucky that I was able to spend the last week before her death with my mother," "People" quoted from the Grammy award-winner's statement.

Causes of death unknown
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 give any details about the respective causes of death. According to the magazine "People", her mother was 87 years old, Carey's older sister Alison died at the age of 63.

Mariah Carey mourns the death of her mother Patricia. She died on the same day as Carey's sister Alison.(Bild: Viennareport)

Difficult, poor childhood
Carey had worked her way up from a broken family background. In her autobiography "The Meaning of Mariah Carey", published in 2020, she described a difficult, impoverished childhood characterized by neglect and racism.

Her mother was of Irish descent and earned her living 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 also has an older brother.