due to his recent alarming livestream<\/a> on YouTube. Bear shared that Noah Brown, the youngest brother among the seven Brown siblings, pulled Matt\u2019s body out of the Okanogan River in Washington\u00a0and identified him.<\/p>\n\u201cI didn\u2019t think he would hurt himself, it does look like the injury is self-inflicted,\u201d Bear said. \u201cObviously, the coroner has to look at him and stuff, but I thought you guys should know it is him.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cAlaskan Bush People\u201d star Matt Brown (seen here in June 2025) died by suicide, his brother Bear Brown shared in a TikTok video Saturday. Matt Brown\/YouTube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nBear said Matt\u2019s injury looked \u201cself-inflicted,\u201d but that the coroner still had to confirm it. TikTok.\/@bearthekingofextreme<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/aside>\nBear asked his followers to be respectful to his family, specifically his mom, and to be mindful of the comments they leave.<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes words can hurt more than fists can and a lot of people left negative comments on Matt\u2019s stuff too,\u201d he added. \u201cOne of his last videos, he\u2019s actually talking about how negative people were on his posts.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou guys should keep in mind that people on the other side of your screens, people you\u2019re watching a video of, they\u2019re real people too.\u201d<\/p>\nBear said his brother Noah pulled Matt\u2019s body out of the river and identified him. TikTok\/bearthekingofextreme<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nMatt (seen here in February) alarmed fans earlier this month after he posted an alarming livestream on YouTube showing himself nude, speaking incoherently and carrying what appeared to be a firearm. Matt Brown\/YouTube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIn a TikTok video last Thursday, Bear said 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
He said that the last time he saw him was when they ran into each other at Walmart, and Matt told him he had \u201cfallen off the wagon.\u201d Bear said he had encouraged him to go to rehab.<\/p>\n
He also said that Matt was\u201cgoing through a really bad breakup\u201d with \u201ca girl he really liked.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI guess he had been drinking too much. I don\u2019t know all the details to it,\u201d\u00a0he said.<\/p>\nBear and Matt both starred in the Discovery Channel\u2019s \u201cAlaskan Bush People,\u201d which followed their family as they lived off the grid in the wilderness. TikTok\/bearthekingofextreme<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nMatt \u2014 seen here in June 2025 \u2014 had been struggling with alcohol and drugs for a long time prior to his death, according to Bear. Matt Brown\/YouTube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nEarlier this month, concern grew over Matt after he posted a\u00a0YouTube livestream\u00a0showing himself nude, speaking incoherently and carrying what appeared to be a firearm.<\/p>\n
He was 43 years old.<\/p>\n
Matt appeared in the Discovery Channel\u2019s \u201cAlaskan Bush People\u201d between 2014 and 2019, which starred his parents \u2014 Billy and Ami \u2014 and his siblings.<\/p>\n
The reality series followed the Brown family as they lived off the grid in the wilderness.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n