Updated
Updated · Deadline · Jul 13
Blake Garrett Died at 33 From Accidental Fentanyl Overdose
Updated
Updated · Deadline · Jul 13

Blake Garrett Died at 33 From Accidental Fentanyl Overdose

3 articles · Updated · Deadline · Jul 13

Summary

  • Oklahoma’s medical examiner ruled former child actor Blake Garrett’s death an accident, listing acute fentanyl toxicity as the cause.
  • Garrett, best known for playing Plug in 2006 family film How to Eat Fried Worms, died Feb. 8 at a sober living house in Tulsa.
  • His mother told TMZ he had gone to an emergency room a week earlier with intense pain, was diagnosed with shingles, and she feared he may have self-medicated after three years of sobriety.
  • Garrett was 33 and had also performed in Barney’s Colorful World tour and local Austin theater before his film role earned a shared Young Artist Award.

Insights

From child star to tragic statistic. Why does Hollywood's fame so often lead to addiction and overdose?
He died in a recovery home. Are sober living houses truly safe havens in the age of fentanyl?
As fentanyl deaths decline, is a new wave of synthetic drugs creating an even deadlier, naloxone-resistant threat?