The great singer said she was saddened by the loss of her mother and brother who died on the same day, although she did not reveal what killed them, in a message she wrote on Instagram.
"My heart aches for the loss of my mother and my brother," Mariah Carey said in a heartbreaking speech. He went on to say that it was a blessing in all the time he spent with his mother, in the week before his death, because they were able to discuss his private life.
His mother, Patricia, passed away at the age of 87. It was at the time when her elder sister Alison passed away at the age of 63, her friends told the Times Union newspaper.
The singer Mariah Carey, who had the misfortune of missing out on a single day, set the record of winning 5 Grammy awards for singing.