# Aaron Carter had died

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aaron-carter-had-died/974442>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** celebrity-death, music\
**Created:** [November 5, 2022, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aaron-carter-had-died/974442 "2022-11-05T23:22:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aaron-carter-had-died/974442/1 "2022-11-05T23:22:29Z")

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This was unexpected.

Aaron Carter Has Died At 34 [Aaron Carter Has Died At 34](https://buzzfeed.com/juliareinstein/aaron-carter-has-died-at-34)

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**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aaron-carter-had-died/974442/2 "2022-11-05T23:42:16Z")

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> [@alphaboi867](#):
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> This was unexpected.

Unexpected, but not unsurprising, unfortunately. Carter had a long history of drug abuse. Still sad, as he had a newborn child.

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**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aaron-carter-had-died/974442/3 "2022-11-07T20:33:11Z")

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> **[Cops Found Cans of Compressed Air at Aaron Carter Death Scene](https://www.tmz.com/2022/11/07/aaron-carter-dead-dies-compressed-air-cans-huffing-death-scene/)**
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> Aaron Carter was very clearly struggling with an addiction to huffing compressed air, and investigators found evidence of that at the site of his death.

And if you are not familiar with huffing compressed air (as I wasn’t and this puzzled me):

> **[Inhalant Abuse: Short- and Long-Term Effects of Inhalants](https://americanaddictioncenters.org/inhalant-abuse/side-effects)**
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> Typically found in common household products, inhalants are volatile substances that are inhaled to get high. Learn about inhalants’ short- and long-term effects, some of which can be deadly.

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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aaron-carter-had-died/974442/4 "2022-11-07T20:40:35Z")

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I didn’t even know that was a thing.

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**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aaron-carter-had-died/974442/5 "2023-04-19T13:38:51Z")

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> **[A coroner rules the singer Aaron Carter drowned in a tub from sedatives and...](https://www.npr.org/2023/04/19/1170801540/a-coroner-rules-the-singer-aaron-carter-drowned-in-a-tub-from-sedatives-and-inha)**
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> Aaron Carter, the younger brother of the Backstreet Boys' Nick Carter, was found submerged and dead at age 34 in the bathtub of his home in Lancaster, California, last November.

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**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aaron-carter-had-died/974442/6 "2023-04-19T14:04:41Z")

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> [@RickJay](#):
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> I didn’t even know that was a thing.

People mistake CNS damage and hypoxia for a “high”. Might as well smoke banana peels.