‘My Sister’s Keeper’ Actor Evan Ellingson’s Cause of Death Revealed
Evan Ellingson. George Napolitano/FilmMagicMy Sister’s Keeper actor Evan Ellingson’s cause of death has been revealed. Ellingson died of an accidental fentanyl overdose, a spokesperson for the San Bernardino’s coroner’s department told multiple outlets on Tuesday, November 28. The late child star was found dead in his bedroom at his home in Fontana, California on Sunday, November 5, according to San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department records. He was 35. One day after his death, Evan’s father, Michael Ellingson, toldTMZ that his son had been living at a sober living home after previously struggling with addiction issues. Evan had previously touched on his drug use in a five-minute testimonial for a substance abuse rehab center called River’s Edge Ranch. Related: Celebrity Deaths in 2023: Stars We’ve Lost After losing beloved stars including Barbara Walters, Kirstie Alley and Stephen “tWitch” Boss in the final days of 2022, the entertainment indus
My Sister’s Keeper actor Evan Ellingson’s cause of death has been revealed.
Ellingson died of an accidental fentanyl overdose, a spokesperson for the San Bernardino’s coroner’s department told multiple outlets on Tuesday, November 28. The late child star was found dead in his bedroom at his home in Fontana, California on Sunday, November 5, according to San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department records. He was 35.
One day after his death, Evan’s father, Michael Ellingson, toldTMZ that his son had been living at a sober living home after previously struggling with addiction issues.
Evan had previously touched on his drug use in a five-minute testimonial for a substance abuse rehab center called River’s Edge Ranch.
“Life before the drugs was just kinda fun,” he explained in a 2021 YouTube video, noting that he got into “heavy drugs” at age 19. “My rock bottom was when I was 19. My brother Austin, he died from a heroin overdose, and when he died it sent me over the edge.”
Evan went on to share that after his brother passed, it allowed him to “realize that there was much more to life.” However, his absence caused Evan to reach a “really dark” place.
“I would have given everything that I had to be able to get my brother back, and I knew I couldn’t,” he continued. “And so it sent me on this downhill spiral where everything got really dark and scary and things weren’t fun anymore.”
Evan’s My Sister’s Keeper costar, Abigail Breslin, paid tribute to the late actor following his death. (Evan played Breslin’s older brother Jesse in the 2009 film.)
“Evan Ellingson was a kind, funny and extremely talented human being,” she wrote via Instagram on November 6. “Evan was a genuinely thoughtful person who cared so much about turning in the best performance, which he accomplished. Some of his scenes in MSK still give me chills. He was also silly, funny, a prankster, a lover of Red Bull (I hated the smell of Red Bull 
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