Condolences to Mariah Carey. The "Glitter" star lost her father, Alfred, to cancer.
He died on July 4 at his New York home.

The singer flew back from the Italian island of Capri last month to be with her dad during the final stages of his illness.

"She's grateful that she had a chance to spend these weeks with him," her rep told us.

Alfred, an engineer, and his wife, Patricia, a singer, divorced in 1973, when Mariah was 3. Though they were once estranged, in recent years they grew close again.

Mariah returned to Capri on Sunday to continue recording her first CD for Universal Music. Her rep said a memorial service is being planned.

(New York Daily post)

Harlepolis said:

weren't they estranged? i thought they were.

Yeah I thought they weren't on good terms either. It was in the papers that they were fighting. Her sister had Aids and all. I didn't think she cared. Well I guess she did. All of my Sympathy Mariah.

Well, her relationship wit her father is,,,cold! if you know what I'm saying?? I mean the brotha lift his family while she's 3 yrs old but they were in good terms.

As 4 Alison(Her sistah) well, the woman is addicted to drugs and thats explain her fucked up Latoya Jackson's attitude.

But I hope they get toghether ander this time of their lives cuz its important .