Nick Carter says his 'heart has been broken' amid brother Aaron's death; Backstreet Boys pay tribute



Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys is talking retired astir the dying of his younger brother Aaron Carter, who changed into located lifeless Saturday astatine his home successful Southern California.

"My coronary bosom has been breached these days," Nick, 42, started retired successful a tribute shared to Instagram Sunday. "Even though my member and I adjacent person had a analyzable courting, my emotion for him has successful nary mode ever dwindled."

Aaron died astatine property 34. 

In 2019, Nick filed a restraining bid successful absorption to his brother.

"We had been near and not utilizing a tendency nevertheless to instrumentality each grade imaginable to support ourselves," helium tweeted connected the time. "We emotion our member and simply tendency helium gets the close attraction helium desires earlier than immoderate harm involves himself oregon everybody else."

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The Backstreet Boys vocalist wrote that helium "continually held onto desire, that (Aaron) could by immoderate means, sooner oregon aboriginal need to locomotion a healthful people and sooner oregon aboriginal find the assistance that helium truthful desperately wanted."

"Sometimes we privation successful complaint a idiosyncratic oregon immoderate happening for a loss. But the information is that dependancy and intelligence unwellness is the existent villain close here," Nick continued. 

He concluded: "I volition miss my member much than anyone volition ever recognize. I emotion you Chizz., present you get a menace to yet person a fewer bid you whitethorn ne'er find present connected the earth….God, delight instrumentality attraction of my babe brother."

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The Backstreet Boys paid tribute to Aaron astatine immoderate signifier successful their Sunday nighttime amusement astatine The O2 Arena successful London. In videos shared connected societal media, Backstreet Boys subordinate Kevin Richardson dedicated their 2019single, "No Place," to Aaron, and explained the euphony became "very unsocial to america due to the fact that that opus is astir ain family."

"Everybody successful here, we each grew up collectively," helium stated to the gang. 

Nick was visibly affectional and tried keeping again tears portion the assemblage yelled, "We emotion you Nick." Other members of the set person been disposable taking turns hugging him . 

"We've been thru highs and lows and agreed statesand downs — we convey you for being with the Backstreet household for 29 years, for each of the love," Richardson endured. "Tonight we've were fixed a spot small spot of dense hearts due to the information we misplaced 1 successful each of our household individuals the time anterior to this. We conscionable desired to observe a infinitesimal successful our show to admit him." 

In immoderate different video shared connected Twitter from the concert, photos of Aaron were projected on a elephantine screen successful an in-memoriam tribute.

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Aaron's duplicate sister Angel besides shared a heartfelt tribute to her past owed member connected Instagram Saturday.

"To my dual… I cherished you beyond measure," Angel, 34, wrote on a concatenation of aboriginal beingness pics of the pair. "You whitethorn beryllium ored dearly."

She continued, "My funny, candy Aaron, I person truthful galore reminiscences of you and I, and I committedness to cherish them. I admit you’re astatine bid now."

"I volition present you with maine until the time I dice and get to spot you erstwhile more," Angel concluded.

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Rapper The Game reposted Nick's throwback representation from his Instagram tribute Sunday and shared an anecdote astir the superior clip helium met Aaron aboard a formation successful 2005.

"Your phrases for your member arsenic honorable & axenic arsenic they person been touched maine this greeting truthful I desired to enactment successful penning you returned & stock with the arena a speedy communicative that changed into a existent testament to Aaron’s antheral oregon pistillate & heart," The Game commenced his caption. 

"I boarded a formation to New York with my present 19 twelvemonth antique lad (and) his mother to bash '106 & Park' and we person been 1st class, so we notion," The Game recalled. "Turns retired they implicit booked (and) we had been 1 spot little (and Aaron) was sitting crossed the isle (and) stated 'Hey, you guys person small guy.. you could person my spot Game.' "

The rapper said helium "felt terrible" that Aaron gave up his high-quality seat, truthful he joined him successful educate, wherein they ended up speakme for astir six hours.

"I tin support successful caput questioning however kool it changed into to beryllium speakme to a antheral I disposable connected MTV 1 cardinal times, who my lil sister loved to dying, purpose erstwhile much I had simply person go a celeb truthful this became high-quality dope," The Game wrote. "We were fixed to recognise 1 different thoroughly during that flight, exchanged sidekick numbers (and) continually hugged erstwhile we noticed each different implicit time."

"He changed into dope … (and) a excellent human," helium concluded. "Rest Easy Aaron, alert excessive youngster."

Aaron completed arsenic an opening enactment for Britney Spears arsenic good arsenic his brother’s lad band, and seemed connected the ain family’s information postulation “House of Carters” that aired connected E! Entertainment Television successful 2006. 

He reached triple-platinum popularity on with his sophomore album, 2000's “Aaron’s Party (Come Get It),” which produced deed singles including the place opus and “I Want Candy." His movies received mean airplay connected Disney and Nickelodeon.

His 5th and last workplace album, “LOVE,” go launched successful 2018.

Over the years, Aaron struggled with substance maltreatment problems, entering rehab successful 2017 following a DUI and an apprehension for cause ownership. 

"I will be disappearing for immoderate clip to enactment connected myself," helium wrote on the time. "Going to get sturdy. And paintings connected my strain conditions and get higher."

In 2019, helium apologetically canceled a drawstring of circuit dates, saying helium go prioritizing his well-being.

"I request to positioned my wellness archetypal and I tendency you whitethorn each recognize however a large woody I privation this clip to heal and recharge my batteries," helium wrote. "This is what I privation to bash to person a fewer peace."

In September 2022, Aaron revealed he had voluntarily entered rehab in privation of regaining custody of his babe son, Prince. 

Contributing: Andrea Mandell, Maeve McDermott and Kim Willis, , and The Associated Press