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EntertainmentGypsy Rose Blanchard, who spent more than seven years in prison for her mother's murder, is speaking out after Ken Urker, her former fiancé and the father of her daughter, died yesterday. Urker, 34, was found unresponsive in his Louisiana home on his birthdayHelen Surgenor · CBC News · Posted: Oct 02, 2026 11:55 AM EDT | Last Updated: October 2Listen to this articleEstimated 4 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Gypsy Rose Blanchard's reintegration into society after serving time in prison was the subject of a documentary series on the Lifetime channel. (Phillip Faraone/Getty Images)Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who spent more than seven years in prison for her mother's murder, is speaking out after her former fiancé and the father of her daughter was found dead on Thursday. Ken Urker was 34. He was found unresponsive in his Raceland, La., home on Oct. 1, his birthday.

Key PointsGypsy Rose Blanchard is sharing excerpts of her final text exchanges with late ex Ken Urker. One conversation sees the former couple discuss their custody agreement for daughter Aurora, while another indicates the final time they saw each other in person. "I didn't know that would be the last time I would ever see him in person," Blanchard told PageSix. Gypsy Rose Blanchard is shutting down rumors of a custody battle between her and late ex, Ken Urker. In private messages exchanged one month before Urker's Oct. 1 death, the former couple briefly discussed their decision to handle custody arrangements for daughter Aurora without involving lawyers. Blanchard shared the messages, from a conversation dated Sept 2, with Page Six. "I will be home Friday evening," Urker wrote in the first message. Blanchard replied, "Ok I'll leave Aurora with you and pick her up on Sunday evening. "She then told Urker, "I spoke to an attorney about getting that joint custody agreement and he said we would both have to come in and sign it and he can file it and it would be done. It costs 1500 but it's worth it for peace of mind for us both.

Gypsy Rose Blanchard said her fiancé Ken Urker died from an overdose and has hinted that cyberbullying might have contributed to his death. Urker died Thursday on his 34th birthday in his bed at his home in Raceland, Louisiana. Blanchard told People on Friday she doesn’t know whether his death was intentional or not but that he “was not in a good state of mind lately.”The Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but they told People that they were called to Urker’s home at 6:15 p.m. Thursday and he was found “dead upon arrival.”Blanchard said Urker was the victim of online harassment, telling People she believes it had a “profound impact” on him. Ken Urker and Gypsy Rose Blanchard. Gypsy Rose Blanchard InstagramOn Sunday, she shared a link to a petition to get a law created that would hold social media platforms accountable for how they handle harassment reports. She called it Kenan’s Law, named after Urker. “Ken was a public figure and experienced an enormous amount of public scrutiny,” Blanchard wrote on the petition.

NEED TO KNOWGypsy Rose Blanchard's partner Ken Urker died at his Louisiana home on his 34th birthday on Oct. 1Three days after his death, Blanchard said that she is turning her "pain into purpose" by launching a petition against "targeted harassment and cyberbullying"She shared a Change.org petition to social media in support of Kenan's Law, an idea she created in an attempt to change "the way social-media platforms handle repeated reports of harassment"Gypsy Rose Blanchard is fighting against "targeted harassment and cyberbullying" after the death of her partner, Ken Urker. Urker died on Thursday, Oct. 1, at his home in Louisiana, she confirmed to PEOPLE. A spokesperson for the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office confirmed that officers were called to a residence in Raceland at around 6:15 p.m., and Urker, 34, was found "dead upon arrival. "Once deputies arrived, they located paraphernalia — specifically syringes and a spoon — in the bathroom next to a brown, powdery substance, according to the sheriff's office report. They also found a syringe, two shot glasses and a handgun on the nightstand next to the bed.

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