Backstreet Boy Nick Carter Loses Sister Bobbie Jean at 41, A Year After Brother Aaron Carter’s Passing

The family of Nick Carter and the late Aaron Carter have lost another sibling, sister Bobbie Jean Carter, who died Saturday at her Florida home.

She was 41 years old. According to TMZ her cause of death has not been revealed. Bobbie Jean is the third Carter sibling to pass away at a young age.

Her brother Aaron died on November 5, 2022, at the age of 34. His cause of death was drowning after using difluoroethane and Xanax.

Sadly, in 2012 their sister Leslie Carter died as a result of toxic combination of prescription medications; she was 25.

Bobbie Jean Carter Dead at 41

TMZ published a statement from Bobbie Jean’s mother Jane Carter following the death of her third child: “I am in shock from learning of the sudden death of my daughter, Bobbie Jean; and I will need time to process the terrible reality of this happening for the third time.”

“When I am able to think clearly, I’ll release a fuller statement; but until then I would request to be left to grieve in private.”

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“[H]owever deeply a parent feels the loss of a child, the suffering of a young child at the loss of a parent must be much greater. So, I would ask the sympathetic to say a prayer for my precious eight year old granddaughter Bella, who previously lost her father and is now also left without her mother.”

Bobbie Jean Carter Died Saturday At Age 41

Bobbie Jean spoke openly about her history of substance abuse and addiction and she had a history of arrests including one in June when she was arrested and booked for possession of fentanyl after being caught stealing $55 worth of crafts from a Hobby Lobby store in Florida.

Aaron Carter’s Sister Bobbie Jean Carter Passed Away Saturday

According to the outlet, she was taken into the manager’s office where the police were called: “she panicked, reached into her purse and tossed a light blue vial under the desk.

At one point Bobbie Jean was seen on the family’s E! reality TV show ‘House of Carters.’ The show featured the family as Nick Carter and the Backstreet Boys worked on the band’s sixth studio album Unbreakable. The series ran for one season in 2006 and afterward Bobbie Jean avoided the public eye.

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