A friend of Carey’s sister said the pop star hadn’t seen her in over 20 years before her death.
estranged sister, Alison Carey, is speaking out after the 63-year-old died on the same day as her mother Patricia Carey, on Saturday.
Alison’s friend David Baker said she fell ill about a month ago and “had a tough life.” Baker did not disclose the cause of Alison’s death, but said her passing wasn’t a shock. Baker toldBaker said he has known Alison for almost a decade and was introduced to her through a Facebook group by Mariah’s estranged brother, Morgan, who reached out to have someone check on Alison. Alison had experienced serious brain trauma and a subsequent hemorrhage stemming from a home invasion.
“I knew when I saw the request that I was the only person anywhere near Albany, New York,” Baker told theThe two eventually grew close and spoke daily. Baker said that he even helped Alison find her last apartment in Coxsackie, New York, where she passed away. “I saw somebody who needed help and I knew I could do it,” said Baker. “She’d tell me that she was so glad I was around.”
According to Baker, Alison hadn’t seen Mariah for more than two decades. The singer detailed her strained relationship in her 202o memoir,. In it, she detailed the trauma she suffered because of her siblings and even accused Alison of trying to “sell” her to a “pimp.”
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