Current:Home > InvestAaron Carter's Cause of Death Revealed -AssetBase
Aaron Carter's Cause of Death Revealed
View
Date:2025-04-21 19:21:42
New details on Aaron Carter's passing have come to light.
After his cause of death was initially deferred, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner has officially determined the singer died in November due to drowning, according to online records obtained by E! News.
Secondary causes were listed as the effects of alprazolam, which is sold under the brand Xanax, and difluoroethane, a compressed gas. His death was ruled an accident and the case is closed.
The full coroner's report obtained by TMZ states that Aaron became "incapacitated while in the bathtub due to the effects" of the substances and drowned.
Aaron died on Nov. 5 at the age of 34, with his rep confirming to E! News that the musician was found unresponsive in his Southern California home.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said Lancaster station deputies responded to a call at around 11:00 a.m. PT from the house sitter who found an unresponsive male in the bathtub. While the house sitter was advised to do CPR, the man was pronounced dead after deputies and fire department personnel arrived. The Sheriff's Department did not confirm the man's identity.
After learning of Aaron's passing, several of his fans, fellow stars and family members of the former child star—who rose to fame with hits like "Aaron's Party (Come Get It)"—paid tribute, including his brother Nick Carter.
"My heart is broken," the Backstreet Boys member, who also honored Aaron at one of the band's concerts, wrote on Instagram Nov. 6. "Even though my brother and I have had a complicated relationship, my love for him has never ever faded. I have always held on to the hope that he would somehow, someday want to walk a healthy path and eventually find the help that he so desperately needed."
Nick then reflected on Aaron's battle with addiction and his mental health struggles, which the "I Want Candy" singer had spoken out about previously.
"Sometimes we want to blame someone or something for a loss, but the truth is that addiction and mental illness is the real villain here," Nick continued in his post. "I will miss my brother more than anyone will ever know. I love you Chizz. Now you can finally have the peace you could never find here on earth….God,Please take care of my baby brother."
Aaron's passing came almost a year after he welcomed a son named Prince with Melanie Martin.
"We are still in the process of accepting this unfortunate reality," Melanie told the Associated Press after Aaron's death. "Your thoughts and prayers are greatly appreciated."
For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News AppveryGood! (9569)
Related
- Trump invites nearly all federal workers to quit now, get paid through September
- Retired Georgia minister charged with murder in 1975 slaying of girl, 8, in Pennsylvania
- Judge rejects Trump's demand for retrial of E. Jean Carroll case
- With Increased Nutrient Pollution in the Chesapeake Bay, Environmentalists Hope a New Law Will Cleanup Wastewater Treatment in Maryland
- Scoot flight from Singapore to Wuhan turns back after 'technical issue' detected
- Watchdogs Tackle the Murky World of Greenwash
- A Big Climate Warning from One of the Gulf of Maine’s Smallest Marine Creatures
- Video: Carolina Tribe Fighting Big Poultry Joined Activists Pushing Administration to Act on Climate and Justice
- Apple iOS 18.2: What to know about top features, including Genmoji, AI updates
- Mississippi governor requests federal assistance for tornado damage
Ranking
- The FBI should have done more to collect intelligence before the Capitol riot, watchdog finds
- Rare pink dolphins spotted swimming in Louisiana
- Mississippi governor requests federal assistance for tornado damage
- BET Awards 2023: See the Complete List of Winners
- Are Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp down? Meta says most issues resolved after outages
- To Stop Line 3 Across Minnesota, an Indigenous Tribe Is Asserting the Legal Rights of Wild Rice
- Chicago police officer shot in hand, sustains non-life-threatening injury
- Stocks drop as fears grow about the global banking system
Recommendation
Trump invites nearly all federal workers to quit now, get paid through September
Death of intellectually disabled inmate at Virginia prison drawing FBI scrutiny, document shows
Racial bias often creeps into home appraisals. Here's what's happening to change that
The truth is there's little the government can do about lies on cable
Nevada attorney general revives 2020 fake electors case
16-year-old dies while operating equipment at Mississippi poultry plant
Some of Asa Hutchinson's campaign events attract 6 voters. He's still optimistic about his 2024 primary prospects
An Oil Industry Hub in Washington State Bans New Fossil Fuel Development