Aaron Carter, singer, dead at 34 - CNN

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Aaron Carter, a erstwhile kid popular vocalist and younger member of Backstreet Boys’ Nick Carter, has died, a root adjacent to the household told CNN. He was 34.

A spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department told CNN they responded to a telephone for assistance astatine Carter’s Lancaster, California location connected Saturday greeting astir 11 a.m. section time, wherever a deceased idiosyncratic was recovered astatine the scene.

He was recovered dormant successful his bathtub, the root said.

Authorities gave nary accusation astir a imaginable origin of death.

Carter, who archetypal recovered fame arsenic a lad with popular songs similar “I Want Candy” and “Crush connected You,” is survived by his 11-month-old son, Prince.

The singer’s debut workplace album, “Aaron Carter,” was released successful 1997 and helium performed arsenic the opening enactment for the Backstreet Boys earlier that year. His 5th and last workplace album, “Love,” was released successful 2018.

Carter was besides known for his roles connected tv shows specified arsenic “Lizzie McGuire” connected Disney Channel and “7th Heaven,” which debuted connected The WB Television Network. He besides appeared connected his family’s world bid connected E! Entertaiment Television, “House of Carters.”

The vocalist received an outpouring of of emotion and enactment from fans and different celebrities successful 2017 after helium came retired arsenic bisexual.

“There’s thing I’d similar to accidental that I consciousness is important for myself and my individuality that has been weighing connected my thorax for astir fractional of my life,” Carter wrote connected Twitter. “This doesn’t bring maine shame, conscionable a value and load I person held onto for a agelong clip that I would similar lifted disconnected me.”

He past explained that astatine astir the property of 13 helium “started to find boys and girls attractive.”

“There were years that went by that I thought astir it, but it wasn’t until I was 17-year-old, aft a fewer relationships with girls, I had an acquisition with a antheral that I had an attraction to who I besides worked with and grew up with.”

The vocalist opened up successful 2019 successful an occurrence of “The Doctors” astir his conflict with aggregate intelligence wellness issues, including aggregate property disorder, schizophrenia, acute anxiousness and manic depression.

“This is my reality,” Carter said arsenic helium held up a integrative container of aggregate medicine bottles successful 1 clip featured connected the show’s Facebook page.

In 2017, Carter was arrested successful Georgia nether suspicion of driving nether the power and marijuana possession arsenic helium and then-girlfriend Madison Parker were traveling done Habersham County.

The vocalist later said successful an interview that helium doesn’t portion and denied that helium has a cause problem, CNN antecedently reported.

“I don’t request help,” helium said. “What I request is for radical to recognize that I’m quality and that I marque mistakes conscionable similar each different quality successful this world, but I would ne'er hazard my beingness oregon my girlfriend’s life.”