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Mariah manages tough decision from afar
Mariah Carey did not attend the funeral of Conor McNally, her longtime manager's
son, yesterday. It was not an easy decision. Conor, 21, was discovered dead on
Wednesday morning just hours before Carey was boarding a flight for South Korea.
McNally - whose mom Louise has been the loyal captain of Mariah's career for several
years - overdosed according to police while partying with his friends at his parents'
New Jersey home. The revelation of Conor's death only started to circulate around
11 a.m. on Wednesday, roughly an hour before Mariah was due to host the UJA Federation
luncheon for the music business at the Pierre Hotel. Carey arrived a little late -
which is not exactly breaking news. But when she began reading from the TelePrompTer,
she stopped and said to those seated in the room: "I'm sorry, I'm having trouble with
the prompter. Believe me, I've had a bad morning."
Carey gave no clue, though, of the tragic news she'd received on her way over to the
Pierre. After the luncheon, there was discussion between Mariah and her MonarC Records
partner Jerry Blair about whether she should stay to comfort McNally or fly to Korea
and then return for the funeral. Unfortunately, Seoul is not a bus stop away from New
York. It's about a 15-hour flight, which would have made a quick return impossible.
"Instead of coming back Mariah taped a message for the funeral," says my source. "She
also performed a tribute to Conor at the first show, singing 'Through the Rain'. She's
been on the phone with Louise constantly." Ironically, the McNallys live not far from
Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown in New Jersey horse country.
As for Carey's first show, observers in Seoul tell me it was a hit. "Mariah literally
had to send the people home," one said. "They wanted encore after encore." Carey returns
to the U.S. on July 26, when presumably she will be able to try and console McNally.
In the meantime, this column sends its own condolences to Louise and her family.
(Fox 411)
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