{"id":2500819,"date":"2026-07-13T23:00:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T23:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2500819"},"modified":"2026-07-13T23:00:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T23:00:54","slug":"how-to-eat-fried-worms-child-star-blake-garretts-cause-of-death-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/how-to-eat-fried-worms-child-star-blake-garretts-cause-of-death-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;How to Eat Fried Worms&#8217; child star Blake Garrett&#8217;s cause of death revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cHow to Eat Fried Worms\u201d star Blake Garrett\u2019s cause of death has been confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>The former child star <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/10\/us-news\/how-to-eat-fried-worms-child-star-blake-garrett-dies-suddenly-at-33\/\">died on Feb. 8 at age 33<\/a> from an accidental fentanyl overdose, according to the Oklahoma Office of the Chief Medical Examiner\u2019s report <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/07\/13\/blake-garrett-cause-of-death-revealed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">obtained by TMZ<\/a> Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Per the report, he was living in a sober living home located in Tulsa, Oklahoma.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Facebook\/Blake Garrett<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A week before Garrett\u2019s tragic death, he was rushed to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with shingles, his mom, Carol, previously told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, the matriarch feared her son\u2019s death might have been accidental, speculating that he might have been self-medicating.<\/p>\n<p>The CDC <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/shingles\/about\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">defines shingles<\/a> as a \u201cpainful rash,\u201d which is \u201ccaused by varicella-zoster virus (VZV), the same virus that causes chickenpox.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Garrett starred as Pug in the 2006 Bob Dolman-directed movie, \u201cHow to Eat Fried Worms,\u201d alongside actors Luke Benward, Hallie Eisenberg, Adam Hicks, Ryan Malgarini and Alexander Gould.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>This story is developing \u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cHow to Eat Fried Worms\u201d star Blake Garrett\u2019s cause of death has been confirmed. The former child star died on Feb. 8 at age 33 from an accidental fentanyl overdose, according to the Oklahoma Office of the Chief Medical Examiner\u2019s report obtained by TMZ Monday. 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