A body pulled from a Washington state river has been identified as that of “Alaskan Bush People” cast member Matt Brown.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.The Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office said the body was discovered in the Okanogan River on Saturday by a private search team and subsequently identified as Brown’s by the county coroner.The coroner will determine the cause and manner of death, the sheriff’s office said in a statement Sunday, sending condolences to the Brown family.His brothers, Noah and Bear Brown, made emotional announcements about their brother’s untimely death on verified social media accounts.Noah said he was there when Brown’s body was pulled from the water.“I identified it as Matthew,” Noah said on Instagram.
“My oldest brother, Matthew Brown, has passed away.”Brown was a cast member of Discovery’s reality show “Alaskan Bush People” from its debut in 2014 until 2019, according to IMDb.The show follows the Brown family as it lives deep in the Alaskan wilderness.During that time, Brown was open about struggles with alcohol.Bear Brown alluded to Brown’s struggles in a TikTok video.“I would have never suspected he would have hurt himself, honestly,” Bear said.
“He struggled for a long time, as I’ve mentioned.And I was so worried he was going to end up like OD’d or something like that.
I didn’t think that he would hurt himself.”Family patriarch Billy Brown died in 2021.Efforts to reach a representative for Brown late Sunday were unsuccessful.Representatives of Warner Bros.
Discovery did not immediately respond to a request for comment.The sheriff’s office said Wednesday that it launched a search after a caller reported having spoken to a man sitting in a shallow part of the river south of the city of Oroville, in north-central Washington.“A caller reported to Okanogan 911 that he had just spoken to a male sitting in the shallow ...