The Lizzie McGuire alum’s older brother, Nick Carter, made a tribute post for his sibling on Instagram, acknowledging that despite their hot and cold relationship, “my love for him has never ever faded.”
“I have always held onto the hope, that he would somehow, someday want to walk a healthy path and eventually find the help that he so desperately needed,” he continued. “Sometimes we want to blame someone or something for a loss. But the truth is that addiction and mental illness is the real villain here.”
