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sl8

(16,275 posts)
Tue Aug 27, 2024, 09:24 AM Aug 2024

Mariah Carey's mother and sister die on the same day

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2yd454nzvo

Mariah Carey's mother and sister die on the same day

6 hours ago
Nadine Yousif
BBC News

Mariah Carey’s mother Patricia and sister Alison died on the same day over the weekend, the US singer has said in a statement.

“My heart is broken that I’ve lost my mother this past weekend,” Carey said on Monday. “Sadly, in a tragic turn of events, my sister lost her life on the same day.”

The Grammy-winning singer said she felt blessed to have spent time with her mother in the week before her death and asked for privacy.

She gave no further details about either woman's cause of death.

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Mariah Carey's mother and sister die on the same day (Original Post) sl8 Aug 2024 OP
Reminiscent of Theodore Roosevelt. no_hypocrisy Aug 2024 #1
Geez,... that is a lot to take in - getting,... magicarpet Aug 2024 #2
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no_hypocrisy

(49,221 posts)
1. Reminiscent of Theodore Roosevelt.
Tue Aug 27, 2024, 09:32 AM
Aug 2024

His mother and his young wife died within hours of each other in the same house. And Alice had just given birth.

magicarpet

(16,992 posts)
2. Geez,... that is a lot to take in - getting,...
Tue Aug 27, 2024, 09:32 AM
Aug 2024

... slammed with so much bad news.

Hope Mariah Carey has a tight circle of family and friends to lean on and help her through this.

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