Carson Daly Remembers Mom on 7-Year Anniversary of Her Death: 'I Think About Her Every Single Day'

Mar. 15, 2025

Carson Daly and Pattie Daly Caruso.Photo:Christopher Polk/NBC/NBCUniversal via Getty

Christopher Polk/NBC/NBCUniversal via Getty

Carson Dalystill thinks about his late mother, Pattie Daly Caruso, “every single day” afterher Sept. 17, 2017 death.

To mark the seventh anniversary of her death, Daly, 51, penned a touchingInstagram postfilled with various photos of his mom. In the caption, he opened up about how his mother continues to make an impact on his life.

Daly Carusodied of a heart attack in her Palm Desert, Calif., homeon Sept. 17, 2017, at the age of 73.

Her son wrote that he realized that he didn’t need to do anything different on the anniversary of her death because the “truth is I think about her every single day.”

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Carson Daly and Pattie Daly Caruso.Carson Daly/Instagram

Carson Daly/Instagram

In his post, the television personality included a copy of the poem “Do Not Stand At My Grave and Weep,” which he credited as helping him find “great peace & comfort in pretty much just pretending like she’s still alive.”

“It’s a choice I have. And I choose to honor her still just as much as I ever have. As if she’s still alive. When my kids are in school plays I accept the feeling of pride I know she has. Not would have had. She is there. For all of it,” he wrote.

Carson Daly and Pattie Daly Caruso.Peter Kramer/NBC/NBC Newswire/NBCUniversal via Getty

Peter Kramer/NBC/NBC Newswire/NBCUniversal via Getty

“I talk to my kids about her often, so they’ll never forget the love she had for them. I speak about her as if she’s across the country,” continued Daly. “It’s a really powerful thing to ignore death’s stereotypes & focus on the power of life.”

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