{"id":2501623,"date":"2026-07-14T14:27:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T14:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2501623"},"modified":"2026-07-14T14:27:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T14:27:06","slug":"blake-garretts-cause-of-death-revealed-5-months-after-how-to-eat-fried-worms-former-child-actor-died-at-33","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/blake-garretts-cause-of-death-revealed-5-months-after-how-to-eat-fried-worms-former-child-actor-died-at-33\/","title":{"rendered":"Blake Garrett\u2019s Cause of Death Revealed, 5 Months After \u201cHow to Eat Fried Worms \u201dFormer Child Actor Died at 33"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\" data-body-type=\"bodyblocks\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 safari:ml-6 list-disc\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Former child actor Blake Garrett&#8217;s cause of death has been revealed, five months after his death was first reported in February<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 safari:ml-6 list-disc\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Blake was known for his role in the 2006 children&#8217;s comedy <em>How to Eat Fried Worms<\/em>, but he did not continue acting after the movie&#8217;s release<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 safari:ml-6 list-disc\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Tulsa, Okla. chief medical examiner&#8217;s office released Blake&#8217;s cause of death on Monday, July 13<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Former <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:child actor Blake Garrett's cause of death;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/how-to-eat-fried-worms-child-actor-blake-garrett-dead-33-11902984\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">child actor Blake Garrett&#8217;s cause of death<\/a> has been determined, more than five months after he died at 33.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Garrett was known for his role in the 2006 family comedy <em>How to Eat Fried Worms. <\/em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TMZ;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/02\/09\/blake-garrett-dead\/\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">TMZ<\/a> first reported his death on Monday, Feb. 9. His mother Carol Garrett told the outlet he died Feb. 8, in Tulsa, Okla.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Monday, July 13, the Tulsa chief medical examiner&#8217;s office announced that Garrett&#8217;s probable cause of death was acute fentanyl toxicity. There were no other significant conditions listed that may have contributed to his death, and Garrett&#8217;s manner of death was declared an accident. According to the chief medical examiner&#8217;s report, Garrett was found at his residence in Tulsa on Feb. 8 around 9:44 p.m. and pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to TMZ&#8217;s reporting in February, Carol said Blake had recently visited an emergency room after experiencing intense pain and was diagnosed with shingles in the weeks before his death. She said that he had embraced a sober lifestyle in recent years. The chief medical examiner&#8217;s report noted that Blake was living at a sober living house at the time of his death.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Blake Garrett (left) and Philip Daniel Bolden in 2006&#8217;s How To Eat Fried Worms<br \/>Credit: Van Redin\/New Line<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE's free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Blake is credited with two onscreen roles as a child actor, in the 2004 <em>Barney &amp; Friends <\/em>special <em>Barney&#8217;s Colorful World, Live!<\/em> and as the character Plug in 2006&#8217;s <em>How to Eat Fried Worms<\/em>, based on the 1974 children&#8217;s book by Thomas Rockwell. <em>How to Eat Fried Worms<\/em> follows Billy (Luke Benward), a boy who finds himself making a bet with classroom bully Joe (Adam Hicks) that he must eat 10 worms without vomiting after starting at a new school.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I play the bully&#8217;s henchman,&#8221; Blake told Oklahoma City-based newspaper <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Oklahoman;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/entertainment\/2006\/08\/25\/edmond-teen-talks-about-feature-film-role-in-fried-worms\/61864002007\/\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Oklahoman<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>in a 2006 interview when he was 13. &#8220;But everybody got along on the set.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Blake Garrett (left), Andrew Gillingham and Ryan Malgarini on the set of 2006's How To Eat Fried WormsCredit: Van Redin\/New Line\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/c11cb893f6376c894b3e06d25fee80a4824dbc8f4bd0dfba1785f8e41e72520b\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefill_w960;quality_80;format_webp\/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fpeople_218%2F3e361f4e6a73aa13d4c80b0cbbecda13\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Blake Garrett (left), Andrew Gillingham and Ryan Malgarini on the set of 2006&#8217;s How To Eat Fried Worms<br \/>Credit: Van Redin\/New Line<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The other <em>How to Eat Fried Worms<\/em> child actors included Hallie Kate Eisenberg, Alexander Gould, Ryan Malgarini, Ty Panitz, Philip Bolden, Andrew Gillingham, Austin Rogers, Nick Krause, Stephan Bender and Alexander Agate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The movie&#8217;s adult cast included Tom Cavanagh, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, James Rebhorn and Andrea Martin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Blake did not continue with screen acting after <em>How to Eat Fried Worms<\/em>. When he spoke with <em>The Oklahoman <\/em>about his experience in the movie back in 2006, the newspaper reported that he was interested in playing football and wrestling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/how-to-eat-fried-worms-actor-blake-garrett-cause-of-death-revealed-11904043\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/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 www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Former child actor Blake Garrett&#8217;s cause of death has been revealed, five months after his death was first reported in February Blake was known for his role in the 2006 children&#8217;s comedy How to Eat Fried Worms, but he did not continue acting after the movie&#8217;s release The Tulsa, Okla. chief medical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2501624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[440573,308220,444151,440575,320213],"class_list":["post-2501623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-blake-garrett","tag-cause-of-death","tag-chief-medical-examiner","tag-how-to-eat-fried-worms","tag-manner-of-death"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Blake-Garretts-Cause-of-Death-Revealed-5-Months-After-How.com2Fen2Fpeople_2182Fe63def90c1d12e85674f0ab68df7b594.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2501623"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2501625,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501623\/revisions\/2501625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2501624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2501623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2501623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2501623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}