LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mariah Careys Mother Patricia and sister Alison both died on the same day, the singer said Monday.

“I am heartbroken to have 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 said in a statement.

“I feel blessed to have been able to spend the last week with my mother before she passed,” the statement continued. “I appreciate everyone’s love and support and respect for my privacy during this impossible time.”

The Times Union reported Monday that Alison, who was largely estranged from Carey, died at age 63 from complications with her organ function and was under hospice care.

People Magazine were the first to report the news of their deaths and Carey’s statement.

Patricia was an opera singer who trained at the Juilliard School. Carey credits her as an inspiration to her from a young age.

“I would sing little ditties around the house, much to my mother’s delight. And she would always encourage me,” she wrote in her 2020 memoir, “The Meaning of Mariah Carey.”

Patricia was previously married to Alfred Roy Carey, the singer’s father. The parents divorced when the “Vision of Love” singer was 3. Carey grew up in Suffolk County on Long Island and lived primarily with her mother after her parents’ divorce. Her father died of cancer in 2002 at the age of 72.

Carey detailed her complicated relationships with her mother and sister in her memoir, writing that she and her mother often clashed, causing her to feel “so much pain and confusion,” and accusing her sister of putting her in unsafe situations as a child.

“Like so many aspects of my life, my journey with my mother has been filled with contradictions and competing realities. It has never been just black and white — it has been a rainbow of emotions,” Carey wrote in the book. “Our relationship is a thorny rope of pride, hurt, shame, gratitude, jealousy, admiration and disappointment. A complicated love binds my heart to my mother’s.”

Carey kept in touch with her mother and even recorded a duet of “O Come All Ye Faithful/Hallelujah Chorus” for the singer’s second Christmas album in 2010.