Overview
- His management and multiple news outlets confirmed that RJ Mitte was found dead at his Brownsville, Texas, home and that his death was reported on Monday, October 12, 2026.
- Brownsville authorities say investigators are working to determine the cause and manner of death and have not released a formal ruling or autopsy result.
- Some outlets, citing TMZ and unnamed sources, have reported a likely suicide but those accounts have not been verified by police or by official documents.
- Mitte rose to fame as Walter White Jr. on Breaking Bad and used his platform to advocate for people with disabilities through the Mitte Foundation and work with organizations such as United Cerebral Palsy and Shriners Children's.
- Colleagues including Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul and Dean Norris publicly mourned him, his team has asked for privacy for family and partners, and the next developments to watch are the police findings and any official medical report.