{"id":829752,"date":"2026-07-27T19:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T19:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/829752\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T19:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T19:00:12","slug":"blake-garrett-child-actor-in-how-to-eat-fried-worms-died-next-to-drug-paraphernalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/829752\/","title":{"rendered":"Blake Garrett, Child Actor in ‘How to Eat Fried Worms,’ Died Next To Drug Paraphernalia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Child Actor Blake Garrett
\n Grisly Autopsy Details Revealed<\/p>\n

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\n July 27, 2026
\n 10:03 AM PDT
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\n July 27, 2026
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Blake Garrett<\/a> — best known for his role in “How to Eat Fried Worms” — was found unresponsive next to his bed in a sober living house … with rolled dollar bills, a lighter, and foil with burnt residue nearby.<\/p>\n

TMZ obtained the former child actor’s full autopsy report, which describes the scene at the Tulsa residence where he was found dead back in February.<\/p>\n

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The Oklahoma Medical Examiner previously determined Garrett died from acute fentanyl toxicity and ruled the manner of death an accident … and the autopsy shows alcohol testing came back negative.<\/p>\n

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The autopsy also found diffuse swelling in Garrett’s brain … and noted he had shingles without complications, with lesions in various stages of healing.<\/p>\n

As TMZ previously reported … Garrett’s mother, Carol, told us her son had recently been diagnosed with shingles<\/a> — and she believed he may have accidentally overdosed while trying to manage the pain after three years of sobriety.<\/p>\n

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It looks like her worst fears were realized.<\/p>\n

Garrett played Plug in the 2006 comedy “How to Eat Fried Worms” … earning a Young Artist Award alongside the movie’s young ensemble cast.<\/p>\n

He was only 33.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Child Actor Blake Garrett Grisly Autopsy Details Revealed Published July 27, 2026 10:03 AM PDT | Updated…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":829753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-829752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=829752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/829753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=829752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=829752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=829752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}