Gypsy Rose Blanchard shares new details about former fiancé Ken Urker’s death at 34
Gypsy Rose Blanchard has issued a heartbreaking statement following the death of her fiancé and the father of her daughter, Ken Urker.
Urker, 34, is confirmed to have tragically died on his own birthday, on Tuesday (1 October).
He and Blanchard, 35, were parents to their young daughter Aurora Raina Urker, whom they welcomed 21 months ago.
Louisiana's Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office told LADbible Group in a statement that police were called to a property in the state after Urker was found unresponsive.
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They reportedly received the call at approximately 6.15pm local time, but upon reaching the property, Urker had already died.
A cause of death has not yet been revealed, but the Sheriff’s Office says it is 'continuing the death investigation'.
In a statement to TMZ, she paid tribute to Urker, claiming he was the victim of ‘relentless cyberbullying’ before his death, which had a ‘profound impact’ on him
Blanchard told the publication: "Ken was an amazing father and a man who was deeply loved."
She added that he ‘will forever be my soulmate and my red string, a connection that time, distance, and even death can never erase’.
However, Blanchard said he dealt with an ‘unimaginable level of public scrutiny’ and ‘relentless cyberbullying’ on social media and that the ‘cruelty directed toward him was something no human being should have to endure’.
As reported by the outlet, she praised Urker as an amazing father to their daughter, Aurora, who’s almost two, and ‘will make sure she grows up knowing how deeply her father loved her and who he was beyond what strangers on the internet chose to say about him’.
Blanchard added: "I believe the tremendous weight of that scrutiny and harassment had a profound impact on him, and I hope his passing serves as a reminder that there is a real person behind every screen, every headline, and every comment."
In a separate statement to PEOPLE Magazine, the mother of one added: "There are no words that can express the depth of this loss. I ask for privacy and compassion for our daughter, our families, and everyone grieving Ken during this incredibly painful time.
"He will be deeply missed, forever loved, and never forgotten."
She also claimed that Urker had suffered an overdose, and that she doesn't know what he took or whether it was intentional.
Blanchard told the outlet: "I don’t know if it was intentional or not. I’m in disbelief. I can’t think. I’ve screamed until my throat burns."
She first crossed paths with Urker when she was serving her prison sentence after being convicted in the death of her mother, Claudine ‘Dee Dee’ Blanchard.
They were briefly engaged while she was in prison, but they later split, and Blanchard went on to marry Ryan Anderson in 2022, also while in prison.
However, the pair got divorced in 2024, and following their breakup, she rekindled her relationship with Urker.
Shortly after, they welcomed their baby girl in December 2024, which also marked one year since she was released from prison.
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Madison Burgess