Matt Brown, ‘Alaskan Bush People’ Star, Dies at 42

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Matt Brown, star of the Discovery docudrama series “Alaskan Bush People,” has died. He was 43.

Matt Brown’s death was announced by his brother, Bear, in a TikTok video posted Saturday night. Bear said his sibling’s body was found in a nearby river and that the cause of death looked like suicide.

“This is an update about Matt,” he said. “They found a body in the river a few hours ago, and it was positively identified as being Matt. Noah [Brown] was with him and helped pull him out of the water, and Noah identified him.”

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