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“I started moving with Aaron [Carter] erstwhile helium was 8 years old,” Phil Lobel, laminitis of Lobeline Communications, tells HollywoodLife. Following Aaron’s untimely decease connected Nov. 5 astatine property 34, Phil shared with HollywoodLife some EXCLUSIVE, never-before-seen photos from Aaron’s life. Phil — who partnered with Aaron from ages 8 to 16 earlier reconnecting with the “Saturday Night” vocalist erstwhile helium was 29 – recalled their archetypal meeting. “Nickelodeon had hired me, and I arrived astatine the venue astatine the outdoor amphitheater,” Lobel told HL. “[Aaron] was going successful circles successful the parking batch connected his caller razor. He was conscionable a small kid having fun.”
MediaPunch/ShutterstockAaron “had conscionable finished touring with his member successful Europe and Germany. He already had signifier smarts, but helium was conscionable a small kid,” said Lobel. “I was his lone rep until helium was 16. When Aaron was 29, helium was appearing astatine Weho’s Gay Pride Festival. He was appearing, and I was moving backstage. I saw him backstage, and helium ran up and gave maine a large hug. After moving into him there, helium told maine that helium was moving connected a caller album. He came by and visited maine soon thereafter. I worked with him again until the merchandise of the album. He was sober and truthful arrogant of it. He was specified a talented antheral and conscionable the sweetest feline ever. I volition miss him terribly.”
The photos that Lobel provided HollywoodLife amusement a broadside of the singer’s beingness that not galore knew. In 1 picture, Aaron volunteered with Project Angel Food, an enactment that “prepares and delivers steadfast meals to provender radical impacted by superior illness, bringing comfortableness and anticipation each day.”
(Phil Lobel)Another photo, taken astatine the aforementioned West Hollywood’s Gay Pride Parade, showed however “Aaron ne'er cared however anyone lived their life,” according to Lobel. “He didn’t judge, and helium conscionable loved everyone.”
Aaron astatine WeHo Pride (Phil Lobel)Phil besides shared a photograph of Aaron posing adjacent to a poster from his teen sensation. “He came into my bureau aft moving into him astatine Pride, and I told him that I inactive person the poster,” Lobel tells HollywoodLife. “He was a teen heartthrob done each of those years. He loved being a heartthrob! The fans would beryllium waiting for him extracurricular the gates.”
(Phil Lobel)Another photograph showed Aaron relating to different kid popstar: Michael Jackson. “No 1 has ever seen this photo,” Lobel tells HollywoodLife. “Aaron showed maine a acquisition helium got from Michael Jackson, and helium work the caption to me. It read, ‘Before you justice me, effort hard to emotion me. Look wrong your heart. Then inquire yourself, person you seen my childhood?’ When Aaron showed this to me, helium said, ‘Someday, I privation to marque this into a large quality story.’ Michael Jackson’s acquisition was specified a treasure to him.”
(Phil Lobel)As idiosyncratic who experienced a question of occurrence and fame astatine an aboriginal property – owed to being a charting vocalist and being the younger member of Backstreet Boy vocalist Nick Carter – Aaron’s puerility was a analyzable one. However, helium inactive had a accidental to bask moments of innocence and joy.
“He was astir 12 years old,” Lobel tells HL about 1 photo. “We did a unrecorded Today Show. I get a telephone from Colonel Douglas with the US military. I get a telephone from this Colonel, and helium wanted to bring much visibility to the NORAD tracks Santa program. This was created by the subject due to the fact that it would way Santa’s sleigh. Colonel Douglas said that his girl was a large instrumentality [of Aaron] and has posters each implicit her room. He asked if Aaron could travel to conscionable with Santa.”
(Phil Lobel)“They overnighted america connected the subject basal successful Colorado Springs. So it was clip for the tour,” continues Lobel. “Mind you, it was summertime, and we were gathering with Santa. During the tour, went done respective chambers with each these vault doors. We get into the past enclosure and determination helium was – Santa! We took that photo, and it was mind-blowing for some of us. Other than going to the Oval Office, it was 1 of the apical 3 highlights of my life.”
An authoritative origin of decease has “not been determined and the aesculapian examiner is requesting much probe into the death,” according to a statement issued by the LA County Dept. of Medical Examiner-Coroner. Though Aaron had his struggles with substance maltreatment successful the past, helium said helium “went to rehab 4 times until I yet got it right” successful a preview of an interrogation helium taped close earlier his death. In 1 photograph from Lobel, Aaron smiles with aquamarine hair.
Phil Lobel“That was a photograph that we did connected a photoshoot,” Lobel tells HollywoodLife. “He loved it due to the fact that helium looked truthful healthy. It was successful beforehand of the caller album. He was sober astatine the time. He was blessed and committed to his recovery. He was sober and alert of everything that was going connected astir him. He was arrogant of the music.”
Following his death, Aaron’s rep told HollywoodLife that helium “made amends” with his brother, Nick, aft years of feuding. “I volition miss my member much than anyone volition ever know,” wrote Nick erstwhile mourning Aaron.
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