The entertainment world is mourning former child actor Blake Garrett, who died February 8, 2026, in Tulsa, Oklahoma,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
at 33. His mother, Carol Garrett, confirmed the news, describing him as a talented performer focused on \u201ca healthy, sober future.\u201d Autopsy results are pending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Born Nolan Blake Garrett in Austin, Texas, he began in local theater before touring with Barney\u2019s Colorful World. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2006, he became known as Plug in How to Eat Fried Worms, earning a Young Artist Award with his co-stars and becoming a familiar face of mid-2000s family films.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As an adult, he moved to Oklahoma and stepped away from fame. His mother said his proudest achievement was \u201cmaintaining sobriety for three years.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Recently diagnosed with shingles, she feared he \u201cmay have inadvertently compromised his sobriety,\u201d leading to a fatal emergency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Family members request privacy as tributes pour in. Garrett is remembered for resilience, warmth, and determination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The entertainment world is mourning former child actor Blake Garrett, who died February 8, 2026, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at 33. His mother, Carol Garrett, confirmed the news, describing him as a talented performer focused on \u201ca healthy, sober future.\u201d Autopsy results are pending. Early Success Born Nolan Blake Garrett in Austin, Texas, he began in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13839"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13841,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13839\/revisions\/13841"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}