The Grammy winner had not seen her sister, Alison’s friend, before her death David Baker said.
David revealed: “We saw it coming but it’s still a shock,” adding that his late friend had “a tough life” prior to her passing. “She got sick pretty quickly and a month later she’s gone.”
After their parents, Patricia and Alfreddivorced, Mariah stayed with the matriarch while her siblings went to live with their father. Growing up, the “It’s a Wrap” singer thought Alison and their brother: Morganhated her because they felt her life was easier because she grew up with their mother.
In her memoirs, The meaning of Mariah CareyThe 55-year-old singer called Alison “the most brilliant and broken person I have ever known” and “deeply wounded.” She claimed her sister was a drug addict who encouraged her to try substances as a child.
They grew further apart when Alison sued Mariah in 2021, accusing her of causing immense emotional distress due to the unfounded accusations in the book.
The court documents say: ‘Already struggling with the unspeakable trauma of her childhood, she has now had her own children abandon her. She has become severely depressed and unusually tearful since the publication of the suspect’s book and, after being clean for a long time, is now struggling with alcohol abuse. .”