Breaking Bad actor RJ Mitte dies aged 34

RJ Mitte, who played Walter ‘Flynn’ White Jr in Breaking Bad, died on Monday aged 34. Cameron County Justice of the Peace Cyndi Hinojosa told the Associated Press she declared him dead at about 1.30pm in Brownsville, Texas, at a place she believed was his home.

Us Weekly reported that a spokesperson for Mitte told the magazine late on Monday that he had died by suicide earlier that day. The statement followed an earlier report by TMZ, which Nieuws.nl had repeated with the qualification that it was not officially confirmed. According to local broadcaster KRGV, Brownsville police said on Monday afternoon that the cause and manner of death were awaiting an official determination. Cyndi Hinojosa told the Associated Press she could not give a cause and that an autopsy would be performed.

Mitte had cerebral palsy, as did his Breaking Bad character. His representative, Sean Riley, said he had served as an ambassador for United Cerebral Palsy and Shriners Children’s. Bryan Cranston, who played Mitte’s father in the series, said he was ‘in deep despair’ at the news.