Revenge Of The Nerds actor Robert Carradine died this week at the age of 71 after a long battle with bipolar disorder.<\/a><\/p>\n New details about his tragic passing came to light on Friday.<\/p>\n According to a case file from the\u00a0Los Angeles<\/a> County Medical Examiner obtained by Daily Mail, the Lizzie McGuire star died when in a Los Angeles hospital.<\/p>\n The file also details that his death was by hanging which caused an anoxic brain injury, brought on by total oxygen deprivation.<\/p>\n On Monday his brother Keith Carradine revealed his sibling took his own life after a ‘nearly two-decade battle with bipolar disorder,’ a mental health condition where you have extreme mood changes.\u00a0<\/p>\n Revenge Of The Nerds actor Robert Carradine died this week at the age of 71.\u00a0New details about his tragic passing came to light on Friday<\/p>\n According to a case file from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner obtained by Daily Mail, the Lizzie McGuire star died when in a Los Angeles hospital. Seen in 2014<\/p>\n Robert’s family said in a statement to Deadline: ‘It is with profound sadness that we must share that our beloved father, grandfather, uncle, and brother Robert Carradine has passed away<\/a>.<\/p>\n ‘In a world that can feel so dark, Bobby was always a beacon on light to everyone around him.<\/p>\n ‘We are bereft at the loss of this beautiful soul and want to acknowledge Bobby’s valiant struggle against his nearly two-decade battle with Bipolar Disorder.<\/p>\n ‘We hope his journey can shine a light and encourage addressing the stigma that attaches to mental illness.<\/p>\n ‘At this time we ask for the privacy to grieve this unfathomable loss.<\/p>\n ‘With gratitude for your understanding and compassion.’<\/p>\n Keith admitted Robert’s bipolar ‘got the best of him’, but insisted there is ‘no shame’ in mental illness.<\/p>\n The file also details that his death was by hanging which caused an anoxic brain injury, brought on by total oxygen deprivation. Seen in 2024<\/p>\n He was also on Lizzie McGuire with Hilary Duff<\/p>\n He added: ‘We want people to know it, and there is no shame in it. It is an illness that got the best of him, and I want to celebrate him for his struggle with it, and celebrate his beautiful soul.<\/p>\n ‘He was profoundly gifted, and we will miss him every day.<\/p>\n ‘We will take solace in how funny he could be, how wise and utterly accepting and tolerant he was. That’s who my baby brother was.’<\/p>\n Robert made his movie debut in 1972 film The Cowboys, opposite John Wayne, and he went on to appear alongside Jane Fonda and Jon Voight in Oscar-winning motion picture Coming Home.<\/p>\n As well as starring in Martin Scorsese’s Mean Streets in 1973, he appeared opposite his brothers, David and Keith, in Walter Hill’s The Long Riders.<\/p>\n Robert found further fame in 1984 film Revenge of the Nerds, and he played dad Sam McGuire in the 2000s TV series, and 2003’s The Lizzie McGuire Movie.<\/a><\/p>\n Robert’s half-brother brother, Kill Bill actor David Carradine, died in 2009 aged 72.<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Revenge](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/106714779-15600271-Revenge_Of_The_Nerds_actor_Robert_Carradine_died_this_week_at_th-a-74_17722309769.jpeg\")
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