Robert Gene Carter, father to Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter and actor and musician Aaron Carter, passed away on May 16, 2017, at 65 years old. In the 2006 season of “House of Carters,” an E! reality show, Robert, also known as Bob, made an appearance with his sons along with their other siblings, sisters Bobbie and Angel (Aaron’s twin). The public’s interest in the Carter family was piqued again in 2022, nevertheless, following Aaron Carter’s death. Bob Carter is also father to daughter Ginger Carter-Daniels and son Kaden, from two different relationships.
Who Was Robert Gene Carter?
Robert Gene Carter was born on September 23, 1952, in Jamestown, Chautauqua County, New York. In 1972, Bob Carter gave birth to a daughter named Ginger Carter-Daniels during his first marriage. With Jane Elizabeth Spaulding, his second wife, whom he divorced in 2003, he went on to have five children. He married his third wife, Ginger R. Elrod, in 2004. Together, they had a boy named Kaden, who was born in 2005, becoming his seventh child.
In 1980, Bob’s son Nick was born in New York, where he and his former spouse Jane ran a pub named the Yankee Rebel. The pair oversaw the Garden Villa Retirement Home until the family relocated to Florida in 2012.
Robert Gene Carter’s Death
On May 16, 2017, he passed away unexpectedly from a heart attack in Orlando, Florida. According to sources, the family claimed that the night before he passed away, Robert had complained of twitching in his arm and chest discomfort.
Robert Gene Carter’s children carried out his last desires to be cremated after his passing. They even gave his wishes a unique spin, according to TMZ. Not only was Bob cremated and his ashes dispersed as requested around the Gulf Coast in the vicinity of Key West, Florida, but they were also merged with those of his late daughter, Leslie Carter, who passed away in 2012. Leslie’s husband reportedly kept her ashes until Robert’s passing, despite the fact that Leslie was also cremated after her passing.
Aaron After Robert Gene Carter’s Death
The Carter family had experienced numerous difficulties, particularly with relation to his boys, before Robert’s death in 2017. Aaron Carter, his son, also passed away after him. But Aaron blamed himself for his father’s and sister’s deaths before he passed away.
In 2019, Aaron talked about his loss during an episode of WE tv’s “Marriage Boot Camp: Family Edition,” which aired two years after Robert’s passing. He admitted, “I felt like I’d been responsible for my family falling apart, for my dad’s death, and for my sister’s death.”
His mother, Jane, also appeared on the show and shared her thoughts. “I think that’s one of the things that hurts Aaron the most. He was so busy with his life that he wasn’t there, and I think he wanted to be there for them. He feels like he could’ve done something more in his heart,” she said.
Losing his father was very hard on Aaron. “That’s when I saw him start to spiral. He had gotten in trouble before. But he went from a partier to something a lot darker then,” he said, adding, “It was like he gave up.”
About Aaron Carter
American singer-rapper-songwriter-actor-producer Aaron Carter first gained notoriety as a pop and hip-hop sensation in the late 1990s. Robert Gene Carter and Jane Carter welcomed him into the world on December 7, 1987, in Tampa, Florida. He is Nick Carter of Backstreet Boys’ younger brother.
Aaron published his debut album at the age of ten, featuring the smash tune “Crush on You.” Aaron’s status as a pop sensation was cemented when the record became a commercial hit. He proceeded to record a number of further albums and singles, such as “I Want Candy” and “Aaron’s Party (Come Get It).”
