'Breaking Bad' RJ Mitte Dead at 34 (www.tmz.com)

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RJ Mitte -- who played Walter White Jr. on "Breaking Bad" -- is dead ... TMZ has learned.

A county official confirmed to TMZ that RJ died Monday in Texas. We're told he died by suicide.

Just last week he appeared on "The Joe Vulpis Podcast" -- speaking about how "Breaking Bad" changed his life and on his close relationship with the cast years after the show's finale.

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[-] Loreshield@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Fucking hell. I was not expecting this... What a shit day.

[-] FlashMobOfOne@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

I hate that this world is driving so many young people to despair, and there's nothing we can really do to change it in any meaningful way, because the problems are global.

[-] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

Depression will kill you just as dead no matter what the state of the world is.

[-] moopet@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago

That's such a shame

[-] TheImpressiveX@piefed.social 18 points 2 days ago

The police have confirmed he died by suicide.

If you need help or emotional support, please reach out to the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988.

[-] velma@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 days ago

Absolute tragedy. Too young to be gone.

[-] Malica@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 days ago

Jfc that's horrific

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