{"id":4023,"date":"2026-05-29T20:19:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T20:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/alaskan-bush-people-alum-matt-brown-43-feared-dead-after-alarming-livestream\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T20:19:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T20:19:51","slug":"alaskan-bush-people-alum-matt-brown-43-feared-dead-after-alarming-livestream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/alaskan-bush-people-alum-matt-brown-43-feared-dead-after-alarming-livestream\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Alaskan Bush People&#8217; alum Matt Brown, 43, feared dead after alarming livestream"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u201cAlaskan Bush People\u201d star Bear Brown believes his older brother Matt Brown might be dead.<\/p>\n<p>Bear <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/t\/ZP8pwWYqX\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">took to TikTok<\/a> Thursday to share \u201csome really bad news\u201d with his followers, saying he had been told that Matt \u2014 the eldest sibling of the Brown bunch \u2014 \u201ctook his own life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although Bear, 38, \u201ccan\u2019t confirm that that\u2019s true,\u201d he said Matt, 43, \u201cwas seen in a river, at a river or close to a river\u201d and later \u201cfloating down the river.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Bear, someone then \u201ccalled police,\u201d who have been \u201ctrying to find the body.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the witnesses are saying that it was Matt,\u201d Bear lamented. \u201cSomeone definitely did, and a lot of people are thinking that it\u2019s him. \u2026 It looks like it is. \u2026 It\u2019s looking very likely that it is the case.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cAlaskan Bush People\u201d star Bear Brown (seen above) believes his older brother Matt Brown might be dead. <span class=\"credit\">TikTok\/bearthekingofextreme<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Bear took to TikTok Thursday to share \u201csome really bad news\u201d with his followers. <span class=\"credit\">TikTok\/bearthekingofextreme<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Bear noted that Matt \u201chas been struggling for a long time with alcohol and with drugs,\u201d but he insisted the family did not \u201cshun\u201d him. Instead, Matt allegedly \u201cdidn\u2019t want anything to do with the family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bear claimed he talks to Matt infrequently and \u201cencourage[s] him to stay on his path and keep on his sobriety stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In fact, he said they ran into each other at a Walmart \u201ca little bit ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was the last time I saw him,\u201d Bear shared. \u201cAnd he called me after that, and he said that he had fallen off the wagon. And I was like, \u2018Well, get back on it, man. Everybody falls off. Just get back on it. Go to rehab if you\u2019ve got to. You got this. You\u2019ve fought it a lot before.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bear added that Matt was also apparently \u201cgoing through a really bad breakup\u201d with \u201ca girl he really liked.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Bear said he had been told that Matt \u2014 the eldest sibling of the Brown bunch \u2014 \u201ctook his own life.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">TikTok\/bearthekingofextreme<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Bear elaborated that Matt (pictured above) \u201cwas seen in a river, at a river or close to a river\u201d and later \u201cfloating down the river\u201d in Washington. <span class=\"credit\">YouTube\/Matthew Brown<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI guess he had been drinking too much. I don\u2019t know all the details to it,\u201d Bear said, thrice repeating that he \u201cwould\u2019ve never thought that Matt would take his own life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With tears in his eyes, Bear asked fans to be \u201crespectful,\u201d especially toward the brothers\u2019 mom, Ami Brown. (Patriarch Billy Brown died in February 2021.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease don\u2019t blame her. Mom cares very much for Matt and always has and has been through a lot for him. A lot. So please don\u2019t attack my mom,\u201d Bear begged.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly before Bear made his emotional announcement, the Okanogan County Sheriff Office in Washington \u2014 where Matt lived \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=1422965179869181&amp;set=a.227153996116978\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced in a press release<\/a> that someone called 911 on Wednesday to say they had just spoken to a man sitting in the shallow water of the Okanogan River, which is south of Oroville.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe caller turned away from the man sitting in the river, heard a sound, turned back toward the man in the water and saw the man was facedown in the water drifting away in the current,\u201d the press release read, revealing that a gun was later recovered from the area where the man was seen.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Bear noted that Matt \u201chas been struggling for a long time with alcohol and with drugs.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">YouTube\/Matthew Brown<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Bear added that Matt was also apparently \u201cgoing through a really bad breakup\u201d with \u201ca girl he really liked.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">YouTube\/Matthew Brown<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Officers from various agencies were dispatched to the location but were unable to find the man in the river, so they launched a search.<\/p>\n<p>Though the search \u201cremains ongoing,\u201d the \u201celevated runoff water levels make difficult and dangerous search conditions of low visibility, elevated current speed and debris in the water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The press release noted that the identity of the man was unconfirmed and would not be released.<\/p>\n<p>A few hours after the memo was shared, a status <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02L29AH33qc7YdqgZSbkCpo65sEVV4d8bAADF2Qwnm8n3SAnB6c19dVAdk7xHSsVBNl&amp;id=100032330243688\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appeared on Matt\u2019s Facebook<\/a>, which notably has a feature that allows users to schedule posts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHi friends <img style=\"aspect-ratio:1;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t99\/2\/16\/1f44b.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc4b\"\/>,\u201d the message began. \u201cSometimes, the hardest task you must do everyday is to keep going. You know you can just lay there on your bed the whole day, but something inside you whispers hope to get up and urge you to fix yourself. I guess you are a strong person to handle some heavy situations like this. And I guess you must be proud of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cI know all this time, you\u2019ve been trying hard to survive a day with deep sadness and you\u2019ve been trying to find an escape from it,\u201d read a seemingly pre-scheduled message on Matt\u2019s Facebook on Wednesday. <span class=\"credit\">YouTube\/Matthew Brown<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Last week, a nude Matt \u2014 who was seemingly drunk and\/or high \u2014 rambled while carrying what appeared to be a gun in an alarming livestream uploaded to YouTube. <span class=\"credit\">YouTube\/Matthew Brown<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The message continued, \u201cI know all this time, you\u2019ve been trying hard to survive a day with deep sadness and you\u2019ve been trying to find an escape from it. It is not easy darling, it will never be easy to pick yourself up again after a great downfall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne thing that you should keep in mind is that whether you\u2019re okay or not, time won\u2019t just stop for you, you may be tired of trying to fix yourself over and over again, but trust your own strength darling. Tell yourself that you will never give up till the day you found your happiness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last week, a nude Matt \u2014 who was seemingly drunk and\/or high \u2014 rambled while carrying what appeared to be a gun in an alarming livestream <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@RoadWandererForever\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">uploaded to YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, contact the <a href=\"https:\/\/988lifeline.org\/\">Suicide and Crisis Lifeline<\/a> by calling or texting 988.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/29\/celebrity-news\/alaskan-bush-people-alum-matt-brown-43-feared-dead-after-alarming-livestream\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAlaskan Bush People\u201d star Bear Brown believes his older brother Matt Brown might be dead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/129112932.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}