Nationwide — Over the weekend, singer Mariah Carey faced a heartbreaking double tragedy, losing both her mother, Patricia, and her sister, Alison, on the same day.
In a statement to People, the 55-year-old Grammy winner expressed her deep sorrow: “My heart is shattered by the loss of my mother this weekend.
Tragically, my sister also passed away on the same day.” Mariah went on to share her gratitude for having spent her mother’s final week by her side.
“I am grateful for the time we had together in her last days,” she added. “I appreciate the outpouring of love and support during this incredibly difficult time and ask for privacy as I navigate this loss.”
Details surrounding the deaths of Patricia and Alison have not been disclosed at this time, leaving many questions unanswered.
Patricia Carey, who was once married to Alfred Roy Carey, pursued a successful career as a Juilliard-trained opera singer and vocal coach before they welcomed their three children:
Alison, Mariah, and Morgan.0 The couple eventually divorced when Mariah was just three years old, shaping the early years of the future pop icon.
Mariah’s relationship with her mother was marked by both love and complexity, a theme she explored in her 2020 memoir,
The Meaning of Mariah Carey. In the book, she described their bond as “a prickly rope of pride, pain, shame, gratitude, jealousy, admiration, and disappointment,” acknowledging the nuanced emotions that defined their connection.
Despite the challenges, Mariah remained connected to her mother over the years. They shared a special moment in 2010 during ABC’s Mariah Carey:
Merry Christmas to You, where they performed a mother-daughter duet. Mariah also dedicated a part of her memoir to Patricia, stating, “And to Pat, my mother, who, through it all, I do believe actually did the best she could.
I will love you the best I can, always.” The relationship with her sister Alison, however, was more distant, with Mariah noting in her memoir that it was “emotionally and physically safer” for her to maintain distance from both Alison and their brother Morgan at the time.
30 Dawson’s Creek’ alum Obi Ndefo dead at 51, years after losing both legs in crash: ‘He’s finally at peace’
“Dawson Creek” alum Obi Ndefo died five years after he lost both his legs in a hit-and-run car crash. He was 51.
On Saturday, the actor’s sister, Nkem Ndefo, confirmed his death on Facebook alongside a warm selfie with her sibling.
“Heartbroken at the loss of my younger brother and knowing he’s finally at peace,” she wrote.
His cause of death wasn’t immediately made public.
Obi was also mourned by his “Dawson’s Creek” co-star Mary-Margaret Humes in a grieving Instagram post that featured several videos of the actor on the set of the WB drama from 1998 to 2002.
“These words don’t come easy It’s hard for me to conceive that you have left us, my dear friend,” the actress, 70, captioned the clip.
“You always were and always will be a bright shining light. What an example of pure unfiltered love and tenacity you set as you faced life’s challenges of recent.”
She continued, “I will cherish all of our messages of love and support to each other over the past few years. Rest in peace sweet warrior. ️❤️.”
Obi’s death comes years after he was hit by a car while outside of Erewhon Market in Los Angeles on Aug. 17, 2019.
The crash left his right leg severed and he was forced to get his left leg amputated upon arriving at the hospital, according to the Los Angeles Times.
At the time, a GoFundMe page for Obi raised more than $287,000, which helped cover the cost of his prosthetic legs and hospital expenses not covered by his insurance.
Per the LA Times, Obi was an athletic person ahead of the horrific incident and didn’t allow his changed circumstances to stop him from being active.
About 36 days after the crash, Obi found himself back in the gym and working out his upper body.
I couldn’t live in this world without becoming sort of like an Olympic athlete of certain things, you know — of kindness and of health — because there is no other choice for me,” he told the outlet in 2019.
“So there’s a sort of rigor to me, and I think, ‘OK my legs are severed. I don’t know how to do this, but I know how to do this.’”
The Yale University alum was also known for his appearances on “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” “NYPD Blue” and “Stargate SG-1.”
