Southern Charm star Olivia Flowers has revealed her brother Conner’s cause of death following his tragic passing at age 32.
A coroner ruled that Conner died following an accidental fentanyl overdose, Olivia revealed during an interview with People.
Flowers described how her brother had developed an addiction to prescription medication after turning to the medication to alleviate his Lyme disease symptoms.
‘My brother hated talking about his illness,’ she told the publication. ‘So many people, even in his close circle, didn’t know about his Lyme. So again, to hear he died of a fentanyl overdose, there’s immediately going to be this assumption that he was partying. Conner wasn’t like that. This was a relapse. This was his means to survive.’
Conner’s symptoms with Lyme disease began manifesting when he was just 15, but he was misdiagnosed and prescribed with painkillers for his chronic pain and medication to treat his related anxiety.
Southern Charm star Olivia Flowers has revealed her brother Connor’s cause of death following his tragic passing at age 32
‘He started depending, at a very young age, on this prescription medicine to feel normal. And we as a family started to see this toll it took on his body,’ Olivia described.
Sadly, the pain he endured kept him from playing golf, a sport he loved and excelled in. Conner attended college on a golf scholarship and was even ranked in state.
However, the symptoms forced him to stop competing in regular tournaments and ultimately drop out altogether.
‘It just changed him,’ Olivia said. ‘The symptoms he had from Lyme, they were debilitating.’
She also recalled just how beloved her brother was by all. Conner tragically passed on January 30, 2023.
‘My brother, he was very lively and loved bringing people together; he literally made friends everywhere we’d go. Even when we went on vacation, we’d go down the hotel lobby to get breakfast and he knew everyone by name. He was this 6’5″ beautiful guy who had the biggest heart.’
A coroner has determined that Conner died following an accidental fentanyl overdose
