Mariah Care's mom Patricia and sister Allison died on the same day over the weekend people can confirm 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 55 said in an exclusive statement to people I feel blessed that I was able to spend the last week with my mom before she passed adds Mariah I appreciate everyone's love and support and respect for my privacy during this impossible time no other details including Patricia and Allison's causes of death are known at this time Patricia who was previously married to Alfred Roy Cary was a juliar trained opera singer and vocal coach before the couple welcomed Allison Mariah and Son Morgan the parents later divorced when the hero singer was 3 years old Mariah's relationship with her mother from whom her vocal talents were inherited was complicated throughout her life like many aspects of my life my journey with my mother has been full of contradictions and competing realities it's never been only black and white it's been a whole rainbow of emotions she wrote in her 2020 Memoir the meaning of Mariah Carey our relationship is a prickly rope of Pride pain shame gratitude jealousy admiration and disappointment continued Mariah in the book a complicated love tethers my heart to my mothers despite their ups and downs Mariah maintained a relationship with her mother in 2010 they came together for ABC's Mariah Carey Merry Christmas to you special and performed a festive motherdaughter duet of Oh Come All Ye Faithful SL Hallelujah Chorus Mariah also dedicated her Memoir in part to Patricia and to Pat my mother who through it all I do believe actually did the best she could she wrote I will love you the best I can always Mariah's relationship with Allison was also quite complex the star wrote in the Memoir that it was at least at the time emotionally and physically safer for me not to have any contact with her or Morgan