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Former child actor Blake Garret, best known for his role in 2006's How to Eat Friend Worms, died on Feb. 8 at the age of 33, his mother confirmed. His cause of death was not yet shared.
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Hollywood has said goodbye to a young star.
Former child actor Blake Garrett, best known for his role in 2006’s How to Eat Fried Worms, died on Feb. 8, his mother Carol Garrett confirmed to TMZ. He was 33.
She does not know Blake’s cause of death, telling the outlet the family is still awaiting the autopsy results from the medical examiner.
Blake—who had been living in Tulsa, Okla., for the past three years—went to the emergency room last week after experiencing intense pain, according to Carol. She said he was later diagnosed with shingles.
Carole added that Blake had been living happily in Tulsa after becoming sober in recent years.
Blake made his onscreen debut in 2004’s Barney & Friends special Barney's Colorful World, Live!, a live show which he also toured with for 18 months. And what he remembered most about his international travels was the fact that children wanted to touch his hair, which was nearly white in color.
He told The Oklahoman in 2006, “Some of them had never seen hair my color.”
As for his role in How to Eat Fried Worms, Blake played the character of Plug in the film based on the 1974 children's book by Thomas Rockwell. The movie followed the story of new kid in school Billy (Luke Benward), who has a run-in with bully Joe (Adam Hicks) and makes a bet to eat 10 worms.
“I play the bully’s henchman,” Blake shared with the outlet. “But everybody got along on the set.”
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Filming was also exciting for Blake, as he was one of the few who knew how to ride a bike before the movie and got to “have first pick” from the rows of bicycles on set.
“There was one scene where we were riding on a gravel road and got to slide to a stop. The guys who could ride worked on that scene,” he recalled. “They had a camera on the ground, and in one scene I slid and gravel hit the camera. They really liked that shot, and that’s the one they used in the movie.”
For their work on the movie, Blake and his fellow cast members won Best Young Ensemble in a Feature Film from the Young Artist Awards in 2007.
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