{"id":4568,"date":"2026-06-03T22:02:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T22:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/alaskan-bush-people-star-matt-browns-cause-of-death-revealed\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T22:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T22:02:07","slug":"alaskan-bush-people-star-matt-browns-cause-of-death-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/alaskan-bush-people-star-matt-browns-cause-of-death-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Alaskan Bush People&#8217; star Matt Brown&#8217;s cause of death revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F129404855.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Details about \u201cAlaskan Bush People\u201d star Matt Brown\u2019s cause of death has been revealed after the reality star died by apparent suicide last month.<\/p>\n<p>The autopsy noted the contributing circumstances were subsequent immersion in water\u00a0\u2014 in this case a river \u2014 and that he was under the influence of methamphetamine.<\/p>\n<p>Brown\u2019s body will now be released to his family for final arrangements.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Details about \u201cAlaskan Bush People\u201d star Matt Brown\u2019s autopsy report have been released. (Pictured: Brown in an outdoor selfie.) <span class=\"credit\">Matt Brown\/YouTube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>On May 27, a witness called 911 after spotting Brown (seen above) floating face-down in the Okanogan River near Oroville, Washington.  <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/abpmattbrown<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>On May 27, a witness called 911 after spotting a man, later identified as Brown, wading in the Okanogan River near Oroville, Washington. <\/p>\n<p>The witness briefly turned away, then turned back after hearing a loud noise. That\u2019s when they allegedly saw Brown floating face-down in a swift current.<\/p>\n<p>A day later, the reality star\u2019s younger brother Bear Brown <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/29\/celebrity-news\/alaskan-bush-people-alum-matt-brown-43-feared-dead-after-alarming-livestream\/\">said he had \u201csome really bad news\u201d<\/a> and had been told that Matt \u201ctook his own life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bear, 38, said Matt \u201cwas seen in a river, at a river or close to a river\u201d and later \u201cfloating down the river\u201d and that someone then \u201ccalled police,\u201d who have been \u201ctrying to find the body.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Matt\u2019s brother Bear Brown (seen above) said he feared his sibling had taken his own life.  <span class=\"credit\">TikTok\/bearthekingofextreme<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Bear (seen above) claimed Matt had \u201cbeen struggling for a long time with alcohol and with drugs.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">TikTok\/bearthekingofextreme<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\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<p>Bear claimed his older brother had \u201cbeen struggling for a long time with alcohol and with drugs\u201d and claimed that Matt allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/01\/entertainment\/inside-alaskan-bush-people-star-matt-browns-final-days-before-heartbreaking-death\/\">\u201cdidn\u2019t want anything to do with the family.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bear later confirmed  that authorities identified the body that was found in the Okanogan River as his brother.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Matt\u2019s body was recovered from a Washington State river on May 30. He was 43. (Pictured: Matt in a selfie.) <span class=\"credit\">TikTok\/abpmattbrown<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Matt\u2019s youngest brother, Noah Brown, helped pull the reality star\u2019s body out of the water. (Pictured: Matt in a selfie.) <span class=\"credit\">mattbrown511\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThey found a body in the river a few hours ago and it was positively identified as being Matt,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@bearthekingofextreme\/video\/7645886320845376781\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said in a\u00a0TikTok update<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bear said his and Matt\u2019s youngest brother, Noah Brown, was the first family member to see Matt\u2019s body and that he assisted in the recovery efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNoah helped them pull the body out of the water and <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/31\/celebrity-news\/alaskan-bush-people-star-noah-brown-emotionally-confirms-he-identified-brother-matts-body\/\">Noah identified [Matt]<\/a>,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Bear said he believed Matt <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/31\/celebrity-news\/matt-browns-brother-says-he-committed-suicide-after-alaskan-bush-people-stars-body-pulled-from-river\/\">died by suicide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Bear said he believed Matt (seen above driving) died by suicide. <span class=\"credit\">Matt Brown\/YouTube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Matt (seen above in a selfie) was a cast member of Discovery\u2019s reality show \u201cAlaskan Bush People\u201d from 2014 until 2019. <span class=\"credit\">YouTube\/Matthew Brown<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI would\u2019ve never thought that Matt would hurt himself. It does look as though it was self-inflicted,\u201d Bear said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Matt was a cast member of Discovery\u2019s reality show \u201cAlaskan Bush People\u201d from its debut in 2014 until 2019. <\/p>\n<p>The series followed the Brown family\u2019s life in the Alaskan 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<a href=\"https:\/\/988lifeline.org\/\">Suicide and Crisis Lifeline<\/a>\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\/06\/03\/celebrity-news\/alaskan-bush-people-star-matt-browns-cause-of-death-revealed\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Details about \u201cAlaskan Bush People\u201d star Matt Brown\u2019s cause of death has been revealed after<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4569,"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-4568","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\/06\/129404855.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4568","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=4568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}