{"id":455358,"date":"2026-06-01T11:42:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T11:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/455358\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T11:42:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T11:42:23","slug":"alaskan-bush-people-star-matt-brown-dead-at-43-brothers-bear-and-noah-share-new-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/455358\/","title":{"rendered":"Alaskan Bush People star Matt Brown dead at 43: brothers Bear and Noah share new details"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alaskan Bush People<\/a> star Matt Brown has been found dead at age 43 in the Okanogan River in Washington.\u00a0<\/p>\n

His brother, Bear Brown<\/a>, confirmed the tragic news on TikTok<\/a> and explained that their youngest brother, Noah Brown, was the one who identified the body after he helped pull it out of the water on May 30.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Alaskan Bush People star Matt Brown has died at age 43. \u00a0Instagram\/@mattbrown511<\/p>\n

\u201cThey found a body in the river a few hours ago,\u201d Bear, who also starred in the reality show, explained in the video<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd it was positively identified as being Matt.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bear explained that Noah was the first family member to formally identify the body.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Noah later shared an update about his brother\u2019s passing in a separate social media post. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s late, and I have some bad news. … It\u2019s been a long day,\u201d he began in the emotional video<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cFor the past couple days, I\u2019ve been working with search and rescue groups trying to locate the body. And today, the group that I was working with located the missing body, and I identified it as Matthew.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy oldest brother, Matthew Brown, has passed away.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Bear Brown gave an emotional update on the tragic death of his brother on TikTok, sharing new details. \u00a0TikTok\/@bearthekingofextreme<\/p>\n

An official cause of death has not yet been determined and a coroner still has to examine the body before an official cause of death is determined, but Bear believes his brother died by suicide. <\/p>\n

\u201cI would\u2019ve never suspected he would have hurt himself, honestly,\u201d he explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHe struggled for a long time, as I\u2019ve mentioned. I was so worried he was going to end up OD\u2019d or something like that. I didn\u2019t think he would hurt himself. It does look as though the injury is self-inflicted.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bear pleaded with his followers to be respectful to his family, especially his mother , and to be mindful of the comments they leave on social media.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cYou guys should keep in mind that people on the other side of your screen,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople that you\u2019re watching a video of, they\u2019re real people, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Alaskan Bush People followed the lives of the Brown family and ran for 14 seasons. \u00a0Nine<\/p>\n

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Bear and Matt Brown both starred in Alaskan Bush People, the reality show which follow their family’s life living off grid in the wilderness. \u00a0TikTok\/@bearthekingofextreme<\/p>\n

He also noted that Matt received a lot of negative comments on his posts online, with one of his final videos addressing that negativity.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A day earlier Bear shared his fears for his brother, amid reports of an incident near Washington\u2019s Okanogan River.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI got some really bad news about Matt that I wanted to share with you all guys,\u201d Bear said in a May 29 TikTok.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I wanted to start out by saying that I can\u2019t confirm that it\u2019s 100 per cent true right now, but it is what I\u2019m hearing. I\u2019m being told that late last night that Matt took his own life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Police were called after witnesses at the scene alleged Matt may have taken his own life, before falling into the river and disappearing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Okanogan County Sheriff\u2019s Office confirmed in a press release that it received a call about a man sitting in the shallows of Okanogan river.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Brown family has been hit with several tragedies in recent years, including the death of patriarch Billy Brown<\/a> in 2021 from a fatal seizure, and their mother Aimee Brown\u2019s cancer battle in 2017.<\/p>\n

If you or someone you know is in need of support contact\u00a0Lifeline on 13 11 14<\/a>,\u00a0Beyond Blue<\/a>\u00a0or in the event of an emergency dial Triple Zero (000).<\/p>\n