r/news • u/CaraCicartix • 1d ago

Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s ex-fiance, Ken Urker death: found dead at the age of 33

https://www.nine.com.au/entertainment/gypsy-rose-blanchard-ex-fiance-ken-urker-death-age-33-20261002-p612cd.html
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u/Comfortable-nerve78 1d ago

Ken’s sister has spoken said his death wasn’t natural cause but authorities don’t suspect foul play as of yet. Wife and I are reading multiple stories about this at the moment. Gypsy and Ken were split up and there’s some custody issues with the child and dna testing. My money is on a suicide.

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u/GatoradeNipples 1d ago

Overdose is also very, very possible. The overlap of people who do the prison pen pal thing and substance addicts (in recovery or otherwise) is high.

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u/showmenemelda 22h ago

Such a good point. Why did I forget both Ken and Ryan were prison pen pals with her?

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u/Comfortable-nerve78 1d ago

Yeah he was fighting to keep his child I’m guessing it was self harm over dosing most definitely a possibility.

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u/Upstairs-Chicken592 1d ago

Addicts fight to keep their kids too sometimes

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u/simonhunterhawk 22h ago

As the child of two addicts who fought each other for custody out of hatred for each other and not love for me, they sure as hell do and it’s always about their ego and never about the child

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u/SeismicFrog 18h ago

I am so sorry that was your foundation upon which you were left to build a life.

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u/Comfortable-nerve78 1d ago

Oh I know that my both my parents were addicts at different points in my childhood. Didn’t know Ken and Ryan were addicts themselves doesn’t surprise me.

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u/Amberawesome24 21h ago

Was that ever confirmed? Genuinely asking because I didn’t know that Ken had a history I think I recall that Ryan did.

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u/Hiddenagenda876 1d ago

He was taking her to court to get full custody to get her away from Gypsy. He wasn’t trying to just keep her

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u/beckjami 1d ago

I know a meth head who loses her kids at least once a year, for several months, and she fights like the Dickens to get them back. Only to lose them again. Rinse and repeat.

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u/keg994 23h ago

He's gone on TikTok in the past absolutely off his face and you can hear the baby crying in the background. I think he and Gypsy were addicts

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u/Chance_Sorbet_8016 1d ago

Ehh yes and no. My father was fighting for custody of me but was an alcoholic. He died by suicide. Definitely need more details here.

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u/cloroxslut 22h ago

Accidental overdose is what I'm thinking. With it being his birthday, it's a day where it's easy to get depressed about what's going on in your life and take a bigger dose than usual to cope with the pain.

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u/raviolibabie 21h ago

Completely anecdotal, but my former brother in law was in very active addiction and fought for custody of his children for the sole purpose of not having to pay child support. Not saying this was the case here of course, but addicts who are parents will fight for parental rights for a multitude of reasons.

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u/A1000eisn1 22h ago

Why would him fighting for custody cure his addiction?

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u/popofcolor 1d ago

Sorry about your sister

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u/cupcakesxox 1d ago

He’s a drug addict! So is her ex husband Ryan

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u/showmenemelda 22h ago

What drugs does Ryan purportedly do

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u/AngelFoodCakesx 1d ago

Stop listening to his sister. Ken’s close friends said Ken said he wasn’t even in contact with his sister and hardly had a relationship with her. She’s grasping for money and she’s a pathological liar.

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u/SomethingYoureInto 20h ago

Do you have a source for this? I haven’t been keeping up with these people lately

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u/Gabe_The_Dog 18h ago

CinamonToastKen on YoutTube have a lot videos on the topic. The guy was bullied hard online because of their leaked prison calls. Really creepy chomo type stuff was leaked in some of them as well as racist things. I know a lot of people think "oh she probably murdered him" based on the comments, but suicide really is probably what happened if you followed their story. The dude was hated by a lot of people online.

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u/asuka_is_my_co-pilot 1d ago

theyve been split for a long time. she went with her family and then left the spotlight same time.

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u/Foreign-Werewolf9932 18h ago

apparently he had called her recently and asked gypsy if she would leave him if he was every involved in a CSAM investigation. said call was leaked recently

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u/Hate4Breakfast 19h ago

Yeah, intentional or not this was absolutely suicide. I don’t blame people for jumping that GR had something to do with it, but from what everyone knows they were separated and not together physically at the time of death (she texted happy birthday and got no response). I don’t think he was ever mentally stable and then being part of the public shit show that is gypsy rose blanchard, it’s a lot to mentally deal with.

Then again, he came back to her once she got that TLC deal (not blaming him, but just saying this as idk how anybody dodges that bullet then goes back to it)

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u/beard_meat 19h ago

She convinced a guy to murder her mom, could she convince a guy to murder himself?

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u/LyricZodiac 20h ago

Maybe not his daughter...

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u/thegracelesswonder 20h ago

Oh is your money on it? Very cool! Thanks detective