{"id":2519385,"date":"2026-07-27T18:25:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T18:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2519385"},"modified":"2026-07-27T18:25:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T18:25:38","slug":"new-details-revealed-in-how-to-eat-fried-worm-child-star-blake-garretts-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/new-details-revealed-in-how-to-eat-fried-worm-child-star-blake-garretts-death\/","title":{"rendered":"New details revealed in &#8216;How to Eat Fried Worm&#8217; child star Blake Garrett&#8217;s death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cHow to Eat Fried Worms\u201d 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\/\">Blake Garrett died<\/a> surrounded by drug paraphernalia, according to his full autopsy report.<\/p>\n<p>The actor, who passed away in February at 33, was found unresponsive in his sober living home in Tulsa, Oklahoma, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/07\/27\/blake-garrett-autopsy-report-drug-scene\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">per TMZ<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet noted Monday that Garrett was found next to his bed near rolled dollar bills, a lighter and foil with burnt residue.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Blake Garrett was surrounded by drug paraphernalia at the time of his death, according to a new report. <span class=\"credit\">Dignity Memorial<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The \u201cHow to Eat Fried Worms\u201d star (pictured above in May 2005) was found next to rolled dollar bills, burnt foil and a lighter. <span class=\"credit\">FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>News broke in July that the former child star\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/07\/13\/celebrity-news\/how-to-eat-fried-worms-child-star-blake-garretts-cause-of-death-revealed\/\">cause of death<\/a> was an accidental fentanyl overdose.<\/p>\n<p>The Oklahoma Office of the Chief Medical Examiner\u2019s report noted at the time that alcohol testing had come back negative.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to swelling in Garrett\u2019s brain, the report noted his lesions in various stages of healing from his shingles.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>He was discovered next to his bed in his sober living home. <span class=\"credit\">Facebook\/Blake Garrett<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>When Garrett died in February, his mom feared he had been self-medicating after three years sober. <span class=\"credit\">Dignity Memorial<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>His mother previously told TMZ Garrett had been rushed to the hospital the week before his death and diagnosed with the rash, characterized by painful blisters, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/shingles\/about\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">per the CDC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She said her son had been in \u201cintense pain\u201d and speculated he may have been self-medicating.<\/p>\n<p>Garrett was, notably, three years sober at this point.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Garrett\u2019s cause of death was ruled an accidental fentanyl overdose. <span class=\"credit\">Dignity Memorial<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>He was 33 years old. <span class=\"credit\">Dignity Memorial<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He was best known for his role as Plug in \u201cHow to Eat Fried Worms,\u201d which came out in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>The movie was based on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-aps-asc-tag=\"pagesix-20\" data-aps-asin=\"0440445450\" data-wrapped-template=\"https:\/\/r.pagesixlink.com?btn_ref=org-282f0dd399864b44&amp;btn_url\" href=\"https:\/\/r.pagesixlink.com?btn_ref=org-282f0dd399864b44&amp;btn_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fdp%2F0440445450%3Ftag%3Dpagesix-20%26asc_refurl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fpagesix.com%2F2026%2F07%2F27%2Fcelebrity-news%2Fnew-details-revealed-in-how-to-eat-fried-worm-child-star-blake-garretts-death%2F%26asc_source%3Dweb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Thomas Rockwell\u2019s book of the same name<\/a>, published in 1973.<\/p>\n<p>Garrett acted alongside Luke Benward, Hallie Eisenberg, Adam Hicks, Ryan Malgarini and Alexander Gould \u2014 and once <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/entertainment\/2006\/08\/25\/edmond-teen-talks-about-feature-film-role-in-fried-worms\/61864002007\/?gnt-cfr=1&amp;gca-cat=p&amp;gca-uir=false&amp;gca-epti=z1177xxe1177xxv000038&amp;gca-ft=164&amp;gca-ds=sophi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">insisted to the Oklahoman<\/a> that, despite playing a bully\u2019s sidekick in the film, \u201ceverybody got along on set.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Garrett (pictured above fourth from the left in August 2006) was best known for his role in \u201cHow to Eat Fried Worms.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The former child star played Plug in the film, based off of Thomas Rockwell\u2019s 1973 book. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9New Line Cinema\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Before filming the movie, Garrett joined the \u201cBarney\u2019s Colorful World International Tour\u201d between 2003 and 2004.<\/p>\n<p>His acting experience before that included multiple local theater productions.<\/p>\n<p>Garrett lived a private life after stepping back from acting.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>If you or someone you care about is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call SAMHSA\u2019s National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).\u00a0<\/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 died surrounded by drug paraphernalia, according to his full autopsy report. The actor, who passed away in February at 33, was found unresponsive in his sober living home in Tulsa, Oklahoma, per TMZ. 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