{"id":4112,"date":"2026-05-31T09:03:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T09:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/alaskan-bush-people-star-matt-brown-dead-at-43-after-sibling-helped-pull-body-from-river-brother-says\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T09:03:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T09:03:01","slug":"alaskan-bush-people-star-matt-brown-dead-at-43-after-sibling-helped-pull-body-from-river-brother-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/alaskan-bush-people-star-matt-brown-dead-at-43-after-sibling-helped-pull-body-from-river-brother-says\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Alaskan Bush People\u2019 star Matt Brown dead at 43 after sibling helped pull body from river, brother says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F05%2Fmatt-brown.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall%261780203629\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cAlaskan Bush People\u201d star Matt Brown, 43, has died after his body was recovered from a Washington state river, according to his brother Bear Brown.<\/p>\n<p>Bear, who had shared earlier in the week that <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/29\/celebrity-news\/alaskan-bush-people-alum-matt-brown-43-feared-dead-after-alarming-livestream\/\">he feared Matt had died by suicide<\/a>, confirmed Saturday evening that authorities identified the body that was found in the Okanogan River as his brother. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey found a body in the river a few hours ago and it was positively identified as being Matt,\u201d Bear said in an update on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@bearthekingofextreme\/video\/7645886320845376781\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TikTok<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Bear Brown shared on TikTok that Matt has died after his body was recovered from a Washington state river.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Bear said he believes his brother died by suicide, adding that the coroner still has to examine him.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bear said that Noah Brown, the youngest brother among the seven Brown siblings, was the first family member to see Matt\u2019s body and assist in the recovery efforts. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cNoah helped them pull the body out of the water and Noah identified [Matt],\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Bear said he believes Matt died by suicide, adding that the coroner still has to examine his body before an official cause of death is determined.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would\u2019ve never thought that Matt would hurt himself. It does look as though it was self-inflicted,\u201d Bear said, adding that his brother had been struggling with alcohol and drug addiction, along with \u201cother issues\u201d he had kept private.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Matt Brown, who appeared on \u201cAlaskan Bush People\u201d between 2014 and 2019, was 43 years old. <span class=\"credit\">TikTok\/abpmattbrown<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=1422965179869181&amp;set=a.227153996116978\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Okanogan County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a> said Wednesday that it received a 911 call from someone who had spotted a male sitting in the shallow area of the Okanogan River. The caller claimed they heard a sound and found the man face down in the water and he was swept away.<\/p>\n<p>A firearm was recovered from the area of the Okanogan River where the man was last seen, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities launched a search <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/30\/celebrity-news\/search-for-alaskan-bush-people-alum-matt-brown-called-off-after-dangerous-storm\/\">but were initially unable to locate him<\/a> before they suspended operations due to dangerous river conditions. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"\/>\n<p>Bear asked fans to be respectful and avoid leaving negative comments as the family mourns.<\/p>\n<p>The update came days after Bear shared \u201csome really bad news\u201d on TikTok, saying he had been told Matt \u201ctook his own life\u201d but could not yet confirm the reports.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Bear said Matt had been seen \u201cin a river, at a river or close to a river\u201d and was later spotted \u201cfloating down the river.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cAlaskan Bush People\u201d followed the Brown family as they lived off the grid in the wilderness. <span class=\"credit\">Discovery+<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAll the witnesses are saying that it was Matt,\u201d he said. \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<p>Bear denied that the family had shunned him in recent years, claiming instead that Matt \u201cdidn\u2019t want anything to do with the family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bear also said Matt had recently been dealing with a difficult breakup.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Bear said Matt had been struggling for years with alcohol and drug addiction.  <span class=\"credit\">Matt Brown\/YouTube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cAlaskan Bush People\u201d alum Matt Brown poses with brother Gabe. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/gabrielstarbuckbrown11<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI guess he had been drinking too much. I don\u2019t know all the details to it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Concern grew over Matt last week after he posted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@RoadWandererForever\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube livestream<\/a> showing himself nude, speaking incoherently and carrying what appeared to be a firearm.<\/p>\n<p>Matt appeared in 79 episodes of \u201cAlaskan Bush People\u201d between 2014 and 2019, which starred his parents Billy and Ami and his siblings. <\/p>\n<p>The Discovery Channel series followed the Brown family as they lived off the grid in the wilderness.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, contact the\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/988lifeline.org\/\"><strong><em>Suicide and Crisis Lifeline<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>\u00a0by 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\/31\/celebrity-news\/alaskan-bush-people-star-matt-brown-dead-at-43-after-sibling-helped-pull-body-from-river-brother-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAlaskan Bush People\u201d star Matt Brown, 43, has died after his body was recovered from<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4113,"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-4112","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\/matt-brown.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4112","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=4112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}