Matt Brown, star of Discovery Channel’s Alaskan Bush Folks actuality collection, has died. He was 42.
His brother, Bear Brown, on Instagram Saturday introduced “they found a body in the river a few hours ago, and it was positively identified as being Matt.” He added his youthful brother Noah Brown was readily available when Matt Brown’s physique was found within the Okanogan River in Washington state and helped the authorities determine his brother after a physique was pulled from the water.
The workplace of the Okanogan County Sheriff in a Could 30 press launch stated a “group of private citizens” had achieved a search alongside the river earlier than coming upon a physique within the water. “The individual was recovered and brought to shore, where he was positively identified as Matthew Brown,” the authorities stated amid an ongoing investigation into the loss of life.
“The cause and manner of death will be determined by the Coroner’s Office,” Jodie Barcus, county sheriff, added. Bear Brown stated his brother had “struggled for a long time,” however he by no means assumed any hurt would come to him.
“I would have never suspected he would have hurt himself, honestly,” Bear Brown stated in his emotional Instagram video. “I was so worried he was gonna end up OD’ed or something like that, I didn’t think that he would hurt himself. It does look as though the injury is self-inflicted.”
His replace adopted an earlier TikTok post the place he stated his household feared the worst. “I’m being told that late last night that Matt took his own life. Witnesses say that he was seen in a river, at a river, or close to a river, and that he took his own life, and then they saw him floating in the river. They called the police, and they’ve been trying to find the body. So far they haven’t been able to. All the witnesses are saying it was Matt.”
Bear Brown requested followers of the reality TV collection to be respectful of his household’s privateness as they grieved the loss of life of their sibling. Alaskan Bush Folks adopted the Brown household — six brothers and sisters and oldsters — as they lived within the distant wilderness over 14 seasons ending in 2022.
Matt Brown starred on the collection from 2014 to 2019, when he out of the blue left the present.
