{"id":2443846,"date":"2026-06-03T22:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T22:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2443846"},"modified":"2026-06-03T22:08:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T22:08:00","slug":"alaskan-bush-people-star-matt-browns-cause-of-death-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/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><\/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>According to an autopsy conducted by the Okanogan County Coroner in Washington and obtained by Page Six, Brown\u2019s manner of death was ruled a suicide caused by a single penetrating gunshot wound to the head.<\/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 rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" 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 rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" 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 rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" 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 rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" 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 rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" 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 rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" 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><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 pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<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. According to an autopsy conducted by the Okanogan County Coroner in Washington and obtained by Page Six, Brown\u2019s manner of death was ruled a suicide caused by a single penetrating gunshot [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2443847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[22062,70626,24003,39212,21913],"class_list":["post-2443846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-deaths","tag-celebrity-families","tag-celebrity-news","tag-suicide","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Alaskan-Bush-People-star-Matt-Browns-cause-of-death-revealed.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443846","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=2443846"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2443848,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443846\/revisions\/2443848"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2443847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2443846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2443846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2443846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}