Jim Carrey’s older sister Rita Carrey has died, in line with a Fb publish from her widowed husband, Alex.
A reason for demise for the Canadian singer, who additionally labored because the radio present co-host and producer of “The Peet & Reet Show,” has but to be disclosed.
“It is with a heavy heart and my deepest sadness, surrounded by her family and friends Rita passed away peacefully and quietly on November 14 2024,” he wrote Friday. “Rita and I (Alex) have been together for 16 years and we just got married last year in July.”
“We travelled the world and met many people who we consider friends,” Alex added. “Rita was my bestest friend, my lover and my beautiful wife. Rita always had a loving soul and wanted to help everyone even total strangers.”
The widower famous that Christmas, which is mere weeks away, was “Rita’s favourite holiday” — however that his late spouse was such a giving person who the season “was everyday for her.”
Her brother Jim, greatest identified for his string of iconic Nineties comedies “The Mask,” “Dumb and Dumber” and “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective,” in addition to his award-winning performances in “The Truman Show” and “Man on the Moon,” has but to touch upon Rita’s demise.
The loss comes 5 years after their brother John Carrey died of aplastic anemia, a uncommon blood illness that happens when the bone marrow is unable to provide sufficient new blood cells, in 2019. Jim now has just one sibling left, Patricia Carrey Fournier.
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Alex shared Friday that there will probably be a candlelight vigil for Carrey in Ontario, Canada on Dec. 7. The general public occasion will probably be in assist of a neighborhood shelter for survivors of home abuse.
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Alex concluded Friday by wishing his spouse farewell with a reference to James Blunt’s 2004 tune “Goodbye My Lover.”
“It’s been a wonderful and crazy journey with Rita,” he wrote on Fb. “She filled everyone’s heart with joy with every step she took and I will never forget this beautiful and amazingly talented woman. Goodbye my lover. Goodbye my friend. Until we meet again.”
