Jim Carrey's Sister Rita Carrey Dead

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Jim Carrey's older sister Rita Carrey died connected Nov. 14, her hubby Alex confirmed, noting that she was surrounded by household and friends and "passed distant peacefully and quietly."

By Sabba Rahbar Nov 15, 2024 11:11 PMTags

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The Carrey household is mourning a loss. 

Rita Carrey, the older sister of Jim Carrey, died connected Nov. 14her husband Alex confirmed in a station to Facebook on Nov. 15.

"It is with dense bosom and my deepest sadness," helium wrote connected her account, "surrounded by her household and friends Rita passed distant peacefully and quietly." 

Alex noted that portion helium and Rita—who was calved and raised successful Canada—had been unneurotic for 16 years, they lone got joined past July "in an outdoor wedding that she has ever wanted."

"We travelled the satellite and met galore radical who we see friends," helium continued. "Rita was my bestest friend, my person and my beauteous wife. Rita ever had a loving psyche and wanted to assistance everyone adjacent full strangers."

Alex besides shared penetration into beingness with his longtime love.

The tv and vigor personality's favourite vacation was Christmas, according to her husband, and helium joked that the vacation "was mundane for her" and even prompted her to commencement "a fundraiser to assistance a section charity."

"It's been a fantastic and brainsick travel with Rita," helium wrote. "She filled everyone's bosom with joyousness with each measurement she took and I volition ne'er hide this beauteous and amazingly talented woman."

He ended his connection to Rita with a punctuation from James Blunt's "Goodbye My Lover" and added, "Until we conscionable again. You truly did person the Time of your life. Your bestest person and husband, Alex."

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To grant Rita's memory, Alex wrote that household and friends were "invited to be a candlelight vigil successful Rita's representation connected December 7 2024 connected Heathcote Terrace successful St. Catharines," and encouraged everyone to be the Christmas connected the Terrace nationalist lawsuit successful enactment of Gillian's Place—an Ontario-based structure for survivors of maltreatment and violence. He besides asked that donations beryllium made straight to the enactment successful Rita's memory.

E! News has reached retired to Jim for comment, but has not heard back.

Rita was calved to parents Kathleen and Percy Carrey and was 1 of the Mask actor's 3 older siblings, which besides included brother John Carrey—who passed distant successful 2019—and sister Patricia Carrey.

She worked for galore years arsenic a vigor host, astir precocious with The Peet and Reet Show alongside Pete Dychtiar, and besides performed successful a self-titled classical stone radical called the Rita Carrey Band.

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