{"id":936052,"date":"2026-10-17T05:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T05:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/936052\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T05:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T05:32:09","slug":"rj-mittes-sister-cries-at-breaking-bad-actors-memorial-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/936052\/","title":{"rendered":"RJ Mitte&#8217;s sister cries at &#8216;Breaking Bad&#8217; actor&#8217;s memorial service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RJ Mitte\u2019s younger sister, Lacianne Carriere, openly wept while remembering the \u201cBreaking Bad\u201d actor during a eulogy at his memorial service on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRJ Mitte was my older brother but I not only just lost a brother, I lost my father,\u201d she said during the service, held in his hometown of Brownsville, Texas, per footage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UrUvzIybjSo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">shared to YouTube<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Carriere shared that her mother was a single mom who \u201cwas in an accident that paralyzed her from the waist down for the first few years of my life\u201d when she was a newborn.<\/p>\n<p>RJ, she said, \u201cimmediately took on the father role.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>RJ Mitte\u2019s sister, Lacianne Carriere, openly wept during a eulogy at the actor\u2019s memorial service Friday, as seen above. Derek Shook \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll I can say is that every part of me is RJ,\u201d Carriere said of the \u201cBreaking Bad\u201d star.  BACKGRID<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have many words that I can put together but all I can say is that every part of me is RJ,\u201d Carriere continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery type of music I listen to, everything I watch, every game I play, our mannerisms, and I just really miss my brother,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Carriere also shared her brother\u2019s love for his community, many of whom gathered at the family\u2019s Mitte Cultural District for the memorial.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was his community,\u201d she said. \u201cHe loved it here and he loved all of you and he loved this city.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Mitte died at the age of 34 on Monday. A program from the Texas memorial is pictured above.  BACKGRID<\/p>\n<p>The actor\u2019s rep later confirmed his cause of death to be suicide. He\u2019s seen here with Carriere in 2018. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>RJ\u2019s younger sibling concluded her emotional remarks by urging anyone who \u201cis struggling\u201d to not \u201cfeel like you\u2019re alone.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTry to accept the help, try,\u201d Carriere pleaded. \u201cTry your hardest. And just reach out to someone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Page Six <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/10\/12\/celebrity-news\/breaking-bad-star-rj-mitte-dead\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">confirmed on Monday<\/a> that RJ \u2014 best known for his role as Walter White Jr. on the AMC series \u2013 had died at the age of 34, with a rep telling us in a statement, \u201cIt is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of beloved actor, philanthropist and passionate disability rights advocate RJ Mitte.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They added that for his role in \u201cBreaking Bad,\u201d\u00a0RJ drew \u201cfrom his own experience living with cerebral palsy\u201d and \u201cbrought authenticity to the role and built a platform on disability awareness and inclusion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A manner of death is pending. RJ is shown here in 2015. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Some of Mitte\u2019s \u201cBreaking Bad\u201d co-stars, seen above in a cast photo from the series, paid tribute to the late actor. \u00a9AMC\/courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p>A rep for the actor later confirmed to us that<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/10\/13\/celebrity-news\/breaking-bad-actor-rj-mittes-cause-of-death-confirmed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> RJ\u2019s cause of death was suicide<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His manner of death is pending while family members await the results of an autopsy.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Following RJ\u2019s death, his \u201cBreaking Bad\u201d co-stars \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/10\/15\/celebrity-news\/breaking-bad-star-rj-mittes-tv-mom-anna-gunn-shares-tribute-to-late-actor\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">including onscreen mom Anna Gunn<\/a>, onscreen dad Bryan Cranston, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/10\/14\/celebrity-news\/aaron-paul-recalls-last-time-he-saw-breaking-bad-star-rj-mitte\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">and Aaron Paul<\/a> \u2014 remembered the actor\u2019s remarkable life and influence in <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/10\/12\/entertainment\/breaking-bad-star-bryan-cranston-and-cast-speak-out-on-rj-mittes-death-deep-despair\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">heartfelt tributes<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His mother, Dyna Mitte, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/10\/16\/celebrity-news\/breaking-bad-star-rj-mittes-mom-recalls-heartbreaking-moment-she-found-son-dead-at-34\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recalled finding her son<\/a> following his death in an interview with NBC News published Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mitte\u2019s mother, Dyna Mitte, recalled finding her son following his death in comments to NBC News. He\u2019s pictured above at a previous event.  A-WAY! \/ SplashNews.com<\/p>\n<p>Carriere urged anyone who is \u201cstruggling\u201d to reach out for help. She\u2019s pictured with the actor in 2018. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI called him at 11 [a.m.],\u201d she told the outlet, noting that he often slept until midday.\u00a0\u201cHe didn\u2019t answer, so I picked up lunch and went to take it to him, and that\u2019s when I discovered him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dyna also claimed that a friend had told the actor something \u201cthat he was very hurt over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all go through heartbreak in our life and we all deal with it differently,\u201d she said, confessing that she wished she\u2019d dragged him \u201cscreaming and yelling\u201d to therapy amid his apparent mental health struggles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I had known anything and could have done anything different, I truly would have,\u201d she told the outlet. \u201cI would have given my life for his life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255) or text Crisis Text Line at 741741.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RJ Mitte\u2019s younger sister, Lacianne Carriere, openly wept while remembering the \u201cBreaking Bad\u201d actor during a eulogy at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":936053,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[124758,49,48,5782,362,23497,75,111431,312018,320750,13511,348],"class_list":["post-936052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-breaking-bad","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrity-deaths","tag-celebrity-news","tag-celebrity-siblings","tag-entertainment","tag-funerals","tag-memorials","tag-rj-mitte","tag-suicide","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=936052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/936053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=936052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=936052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=936052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}