'Alaskan Bush People' Star Matt Brown's Cause Of Death Confirmed
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Key Points:
- Matt Brown, known from Discovery’s Alaskan Bush People, died by suicide from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, confirmed by the Okanogan County Coroner’s Office.
- His body was found May 31 in a river near Oroville, Washington; he was 43 years old and under the influence of methamphetamine at the time of death, with immersion in water noted as a contributing circumstance.
- Brown had struggled with drug and alcohol addiction for a long time, as shared by his brother Bear Brown, who identified the body and urged for respect and kindness toward the family amid negative online comments.
- The Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office reported that a firearm was recovered near where Brown was found, and the search was suspended due to severe weather before his body was discovered.
- Matt Brown appeared on the first eight seasons of Alaskan Bush People, a show about his family living off the grid; his father Billy Brown passed away in 2021 from a seizure.