What a bittersweet ending to specified a young life. Aaron Carter died unexpectedly astatine the property of 34 connected Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022 owed to an accidental drowning and the effects of difluoroethane (which is the propellant utilized successful cans of compressed air) and alprazolam (generic Xanax), according a transcript of his autopsy study obtained by Page Six and TMZ connected April 18, 2023. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s study states that Aaron became “incapacitated portion successful the bathtub owed to the effects” of the drugs and the huffing, and ultimately, helium drowned.
Aaron “was recovered unresponsive this greeting by his [fiancée] Melanie Martin at the location successful Lancaster, California. Everyone is truthful devastated close now,” his rep revealed to HollywoodLife, soon aft his passing connected Nov. 5. Fans, friends, and adjacent immoderate of Aaron’s celebrated erstwhile girlfriends were heartbroken to perceive the shocking quality and shared their emotion for him connected societal media. “For Aaron — I’m profoundly atrocious that beingness was truthful hard for you and that you had to conflict successful beforehand of the full world. You person a charm that was perfectly effervescent,” Hilary Duff, 35, wrote successful a note shared connected Instagram. “Boy did my teenage aforesaid emotion you deeply. Sending emotion to your household astatine this time. Rest easy.”

Lindsay Lohan, who was notoriously successful a emotion triangle with Aaron and Hilary successful 2002, besides remembered him fondly. “So galore (memories) from erstwhile I was truthful young, conscionable that epoch of my beingness … and my prayers spell retired to his family, and whitethorn helium remainder successful bid and God bless,” the 36-year-old newlywed said during an interrogation with Access Hollywood.
Aaron’s older brother, Nick Carter, 42, shared several throwback photos with the “Aaron’s Party” hitmaker and gushed astir the emotion helium had for him. “My bosom has been breached today. Even though my member and I person had a analyzable relationship, my emotion for him has ne'er ever faded,” helium began successful his Nov. 6 Instagram post. “I person ever held onto the hope, that helium would somehow, someday privation to locomotion a steadfast way and yet find the assistance that helium truthful desperately needed.”
He past spoke astir Aaron’s addiction struggles, which the prima himself had been unfastened astir previously. “Sometimes we privation to blasted idiosyncratic oregon thing for a loss. But the information is that addiction and intelligence unwellness is the existent villain here,” helium wrote successful his affectional note. “I volition miss my member much than anyone volition ever know. I emotion you Chizz, present you get a accidental to yet person immoderate bid you could ne'er find present connected earth….God, Please instrumentality attraction of my babe brother.”
Aaron’s rep confirmed to HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY that Nick and Aaron, who had very nationalist highs and lows together, “were yet successful a bully spot erstwhile [Aaron] died.” They added, “[Aaron] was connected the way to making amends with truthful galore radical successful his life, and helium had made amends and made bid with Nick.” His rep besides said Aaron “looked up to Nick successful truthful galore ways” and that the formerly estranged brothers “were trying to marque everything bully again.”
Aaron’s last interview was unaired but released aft his tragic death. During his chat with Kaila Methven of K’LA Afterdark, helium opened up astir his struggles but seemed hopeful for the future. “I took a interruption since 2017. I needed to spell to rehab,” helium stated. “I deliberation I grew into the real, true, authentic mentation of myself. I went to rehab 4 times until I yet got it right.” The interrogation was changeable successful August.
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