>> MARY BETH MCDADE WE'RE FOLLOWING DEVELOPING NEWS TONIGHT IN LANCASTER, WHERE POP STAR. AARON CARTER HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 34 HAVE A TROUBLED PERFORMER GREW UP IN THE LIMELIGHT, BUT HE WAS IN AND OUT OF REHAB SEVERAL TIMES IN HIS SHORT LIFE. >> CHRIS WOLFE IS LIVE FOR US IN LANCASTER HAS GOT MORE ON THIS CHRIS. >> IT'S THE TRAGIC DEATH OF A YOUNG PERFORMER AND NOW FAMILY FRIENDS AND FANS AROUND THE WORLD ARE SUFFERING THE >> SINGER RAPPER ACTOR AARON CARTER IS DEAD AT THE AGE OF 34.
CARTER'S CLOSE FRIEND AND STYLIST SHARED THIS VIDEO OF A RECENT BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION FOR CARTER'S FIANCE MELANIE MARTIN. SHE'S ALSO THE MOTHER OF THEIR 11 MONTH-OLD SON PRINCE VERY PAINFUL. >> VERY PAINFUL. I TALKED TO HIM. 2 WEEKS AGO, IT WAS AT THE DENTIST AND THE FACETIME ME. THAT COME OVER AND I SAID I CAN'T WORK TO DO I WAS I COULDN'T JUST GO SAME AT LEAST ONE MORE TIME. >> LA COUNTY FIREFIGHTERS SAY THEY RECEIVED A CALL ABOUT A DROWNING. >> THE LA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SAYS A HOUSE SITTER CALLED 911 AROUND 11:00AM SATURDAY TO REPORT A MAN UNRESPONSIVE IN HIS BATH TUB. >> IT WAS CARTER. THE DISPATCHER ADVISED HER TO START CPR UNTIL DEPUTIES AND PARAMEDICS ARRIVED THEN EMERGENCY PERSONNEL PRONOUNCED AARON CARTER DEAD AT THE SCENE. HE HAD BEEN GRAPPLING WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE FOR YEARS IN AND OUT OF REHAB HE WANTS APPEARED ON THE SHOW THE DOCTORS EXPLAINING HE SUFFERED FROM A NUMBER OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND WAS TAKING A VARIETY OF PRESCRIPTION PILLS TO TREAT THOSE CONDITIONS. >> SHE WAS A GOOD PERSON, YOU KNOW HE HAD HIS DEMONS AS WE ALL DO YOU KNOW.
I JUST WISH SHE HAD ANOTHER CHANCE. DEFEAT THOSE STATEMENTS OF SAY CARTER BEGAN PERFORMING AS A CHILD AND HAD HIT ALBUM STARTING IN HIS TEENAGE YEARS. >> HE IS THE YOUNGER BROTHER OF NICK CARTER OF THE BACKSTREET BOYS AND PERFORMED AS AN OPENING ACT FOR BRITNEY SPEARS AS WELL AS HIS BROTHERS, BOY BAND AND ALSO APPEARED ON THE REALITY TV SERIES HOUSE OF CARTERS. BEYONCE MELANIE MARTIN SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCER AND MODEL ARRIVED AT THE HOME TO TALK WITH INVESTIGATORS AND SEEMED IN CONSOLE. ACCORDING TO REPORTS THEIR SON PRINCE IS UNDER THE COURT ORDERED CUSTODY OF MELANIE'S MOTHER BUT AARON CARTER REVEALED RECENTLY THAT HE HAD ENTERED REHAB FOR A 5TH TIME SEEKING TO REGAIN CUSTODY OF PRINTS. ALL RIGHT TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AARON CARTER'S PUBLIC RELATIONS FIRM RELEASED A STATEMENT QUOTE THE FAMILY HAS BEEN NOTIFIED AND WILL BE FLYING OUT TO LOS ANGELES AARON WORKED VERY HARD TOWARDS THE END OF HIS LIFE IN RECOVERY TO BE A GOOD FATHER AND TO MAKE AMENDS WITH HIS FAMILY.
SADLY THE CARTERS LOST ANOTHER SIBLING 25 YEAR-OLD LESLIE CARTER TO A PRESCRIPTION DRUG OVERDOSE, 10 YEARS AGO BACK IN 2012.
