at the time of her death Allison carry had not seen her sister pop Superstar Mariah Cary in decades according to Allison's friend and Advocate David Baker the sisters had a strained relationship with Baker telling people that the two last saw each other either 1994 or 2002 Allison died in her home on Saturday August 24th the same day as her and Mariah's mother Patricia 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 Mariah 55 said in a statement 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 the Grammy winner went into further detail on her relationship with Allison in her 2020 Memoir the meaning of Mariah carry I had to stop making myself available to be hurt by my family she wrote it has been helpful I have no doubt it is emotionally and physically safer for me not to have any contact with my siblings the book led to Allison suing Mariah alleging she inflicted emotional distress the lawsuit was not resolved at the time of death according to InTouch Baker explained that Allison who had been receiving Hospice Care since early August got her wish in dying at her saki New York home we saw it coming but it's still a shock he said she got ill fairly quickly and a month later she's gone Baker went on to describe her as a highly intelligent very sensitive person you have successfully subscribed by signing up I agree to the terms and privacy policy and to receive emails from what the gossip check our latest news in Google News check our latest news in Apple news and Allison became friends in 2015 shortly after Allison suffered a brain injury during a home invasion while she was living on Long Island when she was transferred Upstate her brother Morgan took to Facebook to find someone in the Albany area who could visit her I knew when I saw the request that was the only person anywhere near Albany New York so I said well I'm going to go for this baker said they eventually sent me to the hospital and I met Allison I saw somebody who needed help and I knew I could do it he continued she' tell me that she was so glad I was around more recently before she got sick if I went somewhere for an hour she' call and say when are you coming back and I say well it'll be there in 20 minutes and then shed call a second time and say when I you coming back because short-term memory was affected by the brain injury