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Luke Bryan Attributes Sister's 2007 Death to 'Sudden Death Syndrome' in CNN Interview

He said he chose to speak publicly to dispel internet rumors because investigators left the cause unresolved despite describing a rare sudden-death profile.

Overview

  • On Anderson Cooper’s All There Is podcast, Bryan said authorities described Kelly Bryan’s 2007 passing as “sudden death syndrome,” a label he had not previously shared publicly.
  • He recounted that his sister, 39, died suddenly at home while doing laundry, saying it felt like someone “turned the switch off.”
  • Bryan said autopsy results were inconclusive, with no aneurysm, embolism, or blood clot found, and the family sought answers in part to understand any risk to her children.
  • He noted a “pretty severe” orbital bone injury and suggested she may have fainted and fallen, adding that having someone present might have improved her chances of survival.
  • After Kelly’s husband, Ben Cheshire, died in 2014, Bryan and his wife Caroline took in the couple’s three children — Jordan, Kris, and Til — and he reflected on their family’s long process of grief.