The actor died on Feb. 23 at the age of 71 following a battle with bipolar disorder<\/p>\n
\n\tThe cause of death of Robert Carradine has been confirmed following his passing earlier this week<\/a> at the age of 71 on Monday, Feb. 23. <\/p>\n \n\tAccording to the Los Angeles Medical Examiner\u2019s Office, the actor death has been ruled a suicide. The cause of death was listed as sequelae of anoxic brain injury, which occurs<\/a> when oxygen is cut off completely from the brain.<\/p>\n \n\tCarradine was best known for starring in the Eighties cult classic\u00a0Revenge of the Nerds\u00a0and later, found a new generation of fans in the early 2000s with\u00a0Lizzie McGuire on the Disney Channel.<\/p>\n \t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cIt is with profound sadness that we must share that our beloved father, grandfather, uncle, and brother Robert Carradine has passed away,\u201d read a previous statement from Carradine\u2019s family. \u201cIn a world that can feel so dark, Bobby was always a beacon of light to everyone around him. We are bereft at the loss of this beautiful soul and want to acknowledge Bobby\u2019s valiant struggle against his nearly two-decade battle with bipolar disorder. We hope his journey can shine a light and encourage addressing the stigma that attaches to mental illness.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tFollowing news of his death, the actor\u2019s\u00a0Lizzie McGuire\u00a0co-stars and other Hollywood peers remembered his legacy<\/a> in heartfelt tributes. Hilary Duff<\/a>,\u00a0who starred as the titular character Lizzie, shared Instagram photos of her and Carradine, who played her father Sam McGuire. In a caption, Duff wrote: \u201cThis one hurts. It\u2019s really hard to face this reality about an old friend. There was so much warmth in the McGuire family and I always felt so cared for by my on-screen parents. I\u2019ll be forever grateful for that. I\u2019m deeply sad to learn Bobby was suffering. My heart aches for him , his family, and everyone who loved him.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The actor died on Feb. 23 at the age of 71 following a battle with bipolar disorder The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[458,146,85,46,5365],"class_list":["post-314284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-obituary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}