{"id":1947487,"date":"2025-08-07T19:57:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T19:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1947487"},"modified":"2025-08-07T19:57:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T19:57:32","slug":"superstore-actor-jon-miyahara-dead-at-83","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/superstore-actor-jon-miyahara-dead-at-83\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Superstore\u2019 actor Jon Miyahara dead at 83"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F08%2Fjon.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Actor Jon Miyahara, best known for the sitcom \u201cSuperstore,\u201d has died at 83.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His death was announced by fellow \u201cSuperstore\u201d cast member Colton Dunn <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DNCc2O7xhu4\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=240b199d-824d-416f-b253-5f2e114741c0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in an Instagram post<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJohn was a really awesome guy and as a performer could speak volumes with just a look,\u201d Dunn wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Jon Miyahara in \u201cSuperstore.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He continued, \u201cHe was such a memorable part of the Cloud 9 team. It was an honor to know him and work with him. I was lucky enough to meet some of his family and my thoughts are with them. Rest in Peace John.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No cause of death was disclosed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Post reached out to Dunn for comment, as well as \u201cSuperstore\u201d stars America Ferrera and Ben Feldman. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Jon Miyahara in \u201cSuperstore.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ben Feldman and America Ferrera in \u201cSuperstore.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9NBC\/Courtesy Everett Collection \/ Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Other \u201cSuperstore\u201d actors replied to Dunn\u2019s post, flooding it with their remembrances.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kelly Stables commented, \u201cOh man! He was always so sweet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Irene White chimed in, \u201cWhat an incredible man,\u201d while Michael Bunin replied, \u201cI\u2019m so sad to hear this news. Many fun days and many fun conversations. Very nice guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Jon Miyahara in \u201cSuperstore.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Amir Korangy, who played another  \u201cSuperstore\u201d employee, commented on Dunn\u2019s Instagram post, \u201cHe was such an amazing soul. Caring, smart and fun with a wonderful calming Zen demeanor. He was so sweet when I got ill and had so many positive conversations with me. R.I.P.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuperstore\u201d was Miyahara\u2019s only prominent Hollywood role.<\/p>\n<p>The actor \u2014\u00a0born Jonathan Yasushi Miyahara \u2014 made just one on-screen cameo, reprising the role of Brett in an episode of \u201cSuperstore\u201d creator <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/12\/10\/superstore-creator-lampoons-the-car-industry-in-american-auto\/\">Justin Spitzer\u2019s next show, \u201cAmerican Auto,\u201d<\/a> another NBC workplace sitcom that aired from 2021 to 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption> Jon Miyahara in \u201cSuperstore.\u201d <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>America Ferrera in \u201cSuperstore.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9NBC\/Courtesy Everett Collection \/ Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSuperstore\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/11\/02\/america-ferrera-departs-superstore-for-100th-episode\/\">aired on NBC for six seasons<\/a>, from 2015 to 2021. Starring Ferrera and Feldman, the show followed employees at the fictional big box store, Cloud 9.\u00a0Miyahara was in 105 out of the series\u2019 113 episodes, playing Brett, an older employee who was mostly silent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite barely having any lines, he stole scenes with Brett\u2019s excellence at his job.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In Season 2, everyone thought Brett died in a tornado, and they even held a memorial for him. (He said one of his only lines, \u201cOh sh-t,\u201d during the tornado incident).<\/p>\n<p>However, he later turned up alive and back to work.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ben Feldman and America Ferrera in \u201cSuperstore.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9NBC\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Jon Miyahara in \u201cSuperstore.\u201d <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cBrett was a small but crucial part of why Superstore was so good. Stole every scene he was in and somehow had a well defined character despite never speaking,\u201d one fan <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/television\/comments\/1mk1olr\/superstore_actor_jon_miyahara_dies_at_83\/\">commented on Reddit.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They added, \u201cWe\u2019ve all worked with a Brett too, an older person who isn\u2019t very talkative but is way better at their job than anyone else there. RIP.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Jon Miyahara, best known for the sitcom \u201cSuperstore,\u201d has died at 83.\u00a0 His death was announced by fellow \u201cSuperstore\u201d cast member Colton Dunn in an Instagram post on Thursday. \u201cJohn was a really awesome guy and as a performer could speak volumes with just a look,\u201d Dunn wrote.\u00a0 Jon Miyahara in \u201cSuperstore.\u201d NBC He [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1947488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25174],"tags":[311631,22062,21741,314121,21913],"class_list":["post-1947487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gossip","tag-america-ferrera","tag-celebrity-deaths","tag-entertainment","tag-sitcoms","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/\u2018Superstore-actor-Jon-Miyahara-dead-at-83.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1947487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1947488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1947487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1947487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1947487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}