Aaron Carter, Singer, Dies at 34 - The New York Times

Aaron Carter, the vocalist and histrion who concisely became a teenage sensation successful the aboriginal 2000s and who was known for the deed opus “I Want Candy,” was recovered dormant connected Saturday astatine his location successful Southern California. He was 34.

Taylor Helgeson, a typical for Big Umbrella, an amusement absorption company, confirmed Mr. Carter’s decease but declined to remark connected the cause.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department responded to a telephone astatine Mr. Carter’s location successful Lancaster, Calif., connected Saturday and recovered a idiosyncratic dormant astatine the residence, according to Deputy Alejandra Parra, a spokeswoman for the sheriff’s department. Officials said they could not yet corroborate that it was Mr. Carter.

Mr. Carter, who released his archetypal medium astatine property 9 and the fashionable medium “Aaron’s Party (Come Get It)” astatine property 12, became a fixture of teenage programming and magazines and made appearances connected shows similar “Lizzie McGuire.”

“Aaron’s Party” peaked astatine No. 4 connected the Billboard 200 list, selling immoderate three cardinal copies. He released 5 workplace albums and was a contestant connected the amusement “Dancing With the Stars.”

His vocation aboriginal stalled, and successful caller years helium has been embroiled successful ineligible occupation and has shared his struggles with addiction. In 2018, helium released his archetypal medium successful immoderate 15 years, “Love,” to lukewarm reviews.

Mr. Carter, who was described successful The New York Times as a “tween heartthrob,” began performing astatine property 7, singing pb for the set Dead End for 2 years, according to an online biography.

At 9, helium was opening for the Backstreet Boys successful Berlin for his archetypal solo appearance. (His older brother, Nick Carter, was a subordinate of the band.)

The show led to a grounds declaration and past the merchandise of his archetypal single, “Crush connected You.” He besides opened for Britney Spears.

Mr. Carter was besides an actor, guest-starring successful shows similar “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” and “7th Heaven.” He besides performed connected Broadway, appearing successful “Seussical,” the Dr. Seuss-themed musical, and “The Fantasticks,” the world’s longest-running musical.

On his sophomore album, Mr. Carter besides released the opus “That’s How I Beat Shaq,” with a euphony video featuring the hoops subordinate Shaquille O’Neal, who has said that Mr. Carter erstwhile bushed him successful a crippled of HORSE and aboriginal asked if helium could marque a opus astir it.

In 2019, Mr. Carter’s brother, Nick, and sister, Angel, said they had filed for a restraining bid against him. In a connection astatine the time, Nick Carter said his member had confessed to having convulsive thoughts astir his woman and that household members “were near with nary prime but to instrumentality distant each measurement imaginable to support ourselves and our family.”

Aaron Carter astatine the clip denied the allegations. The quality of the restraining bid came 1 time aft helium canceled his 2019 tour, according to E! News, saying helium needed to enactment his “health first.”

Mr. Carter has been unfastened implicit the years astir his intelligence wellness struggles. He told People mag successful 2018 that helium felt helium had “hit a stone bottommost personally and emotionally,” and that helium had sought attraction astatine a wellness facility.

Mr. Carter, who appeared connected the Nov. 2 occurrence of the “No Jumper” podcast, said helium was focusing connected selling existent property and that helium had been “Cali sober” for 5 years, though helium said that helium occasionally smoked marijuana and had been prescribed anti-anxiety medication. (“Cali sober,” abbreviated for “California sober,” is loosely taken to mean avoiding addictive substances with the objection of marijuana and alcohol.)

Adam Grandmaison, the big of the podcast connected YouTube, said that a adjacent person of Mr. Carter’s told him astir his death.

“I conscionable interviewed him a mates weeks agone and it was beauteous wide helium wasn’t successful a large place,” Mr. Grandmaison wrote connected Twitter. “He was a bully feline contempt each the demons helium was battling. I’m bittersweet to spot him go.”

Throughout the interview, Mr. Carter said helium considered himself a rapper, a singer, a producer, an creator and an actor, and that helium was particularly arrogant of his astir caller album. He besides said helium hoped to marque a caller 1 soon.

“I screen each bases,” helium said. “It means truthful overmuch much to maine than the worldly I did increasing up due to the fact that I wrote and produced it all.”

Mr. Carter said helium was “never going to springiness up” connected making euphony and that contempt the turbulence, helium had enjoyed his career. He besides vowed to regain custody of his son, who Page Six reported was temporarily placed successful the attraction of Mr. Carter’s fiancée’s parent amid home unit and cause usage concerns.

“I’m astir to beryllium 35 years old,” Mr. Carter said. “I’m a grown antheral and it’s clip to commencement behaving that mode and doing the close happening and focusing connected myself, my career, my kid and my family.”