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Former child pop singer Aaron Carter, brother of Backstreet Boys frontman Nick Carter, has died, a source close to his family told CNN. he was 34 years old.
A spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department told CNN that a dead person was found at the scene after answering a call for help at Carter’s home in Lancaster, Calif., around 11 a.m. local time. .
Sources said he was found dead in a bathtub.
Authorities did not provide information about the probable cause of death.
Carter, who first rose to fame as a boy with pop songs like “I Want Candy” and “Crush On You,” leaves behind an 11-month-old son, Prince.
The singer’s debut studio album, Aaron Carter, was released in 1997, and he performed as the opening act for the Backstreet Boys earlier that year. In 2018, he released his fifth and final studio album, Love.
Carter was also known for roles in television shows such as Disney Channel’s ‘Lizzie McGuire’ and ‘Seventh Heaven’ which debuted on the WB television network. He also appeared in the family reality series E! Entertainment Television, “House of Carters.”
The singer received an outpouring of love and support from fans and other celebrities in 2017 after he came out as bisexual.
Carter tweeted, “I just want to say what I feel is important to myself and my identity that I’ve held to my chest for nearly half my life.” I just want to get rid of the weight and burden that I’ve been carrying for so long.”
He then explained that around the age of 13, he “started to feel attracted to boys and girls.”
“There were years of thinking about it, but it wasn’t until I was 17 that after a few relationships with girls, I had an experience with a man that I was also attracted to. We worked together and grew up together.” I did.”
In a 2019 episode of “Doctors,” the singer opened up about battling multiple mental health issues, including multiple personality disorder, schizophrenia, acute anxiety disorder, and manic depression.
“This is my reality,” Carter said in one clip on the show’s Facebook page, holding up a plastic bag containing multiple bottles of prescription drugs.
In 2017, Carter was arrested in Georgia on suspicion of DUI and possession of marijuana while traveling in Herbersham County with his then-girlfriend Madison Parker.
singer later said in an interview CNN previously reported that he said he doesn’t drink and denied having a drug problem.
“I don’t need help,” he said. “What I need is for people to understand that I am human and that I make mistakes like everyone else in this world, but I will not risk my life or my girlfriend’s life. I would never put myself in danger.”