Matt Brown of Alaskan Bush People Dies at 43 in Apparent Suicide

Matt Brown, longtime member of Discovery’s Alaskan Bush People, has died at 43. Bear Brown announced that a body found in the Okanogan River in Washington was positively identified as Matt, with the death described as self-inflicted after a prolonged struggle with drugs and alcohol. Noah Brown helped pull him from the water, and authorities recovered a firearm; the Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office noted the investigation and coroner’s review. Matt’s death follows the family’s prior losses, including father Billy Brown in 2021.