{"id":1319,"date":"2026-10-13T00:35:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T00:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/?p=1319"},"modified":"2026-10-13T00:35:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T00:35:45","slug":"breaking-bad-star-rj-mitte-dies-at-34","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/?p=1319","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Breaking Bad&#8217; star RJ Mitte dies at 34"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2026-10-12\/Getty_RJMitte_101226.jpg\" alt><figcaption>RJ Mitte attends the \u2018Animals In War\u2019 premiere during the 2025 Tribeca Festival on June 8, 2025, in New York City. (Dia Dipasupil\/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">RJ Mitte, who starred in <em><span class=\"s1\">Breaking Bad<\/span>,<\/em> has died, according to a statement from his representative. He was 34.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8220;It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of beloved actor, philanthropist, and passionate disability rights advocate RJ Mitte,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">No cause of death was given via Mitte&#8217;s representative.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The actor, who lived with cerebral palsy, rose to fame on AMC&#8217;s award-winning series as Walter White Jr., the son of the show&#8217;s titular character, Walter White, played by Bryan Cranston.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Mitte drew from his own experience living with the neurological disorder and used his platform to raise awareness about it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The actor starred in <em>Breaking Bad<\/em> for all five seasons of the show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Earlier this month, he appeared on the <em>Joe Vulpis Podcast<\/em> and reflected on what it was like auditioning for <em>Breaking Bad<\/em>, saying that it was &#8220;one of the longest auditions of my life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8220;I was one of the very last main cast to be in the series,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I already missed the cast dinner.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Mitte also starred in <em>Switched at Birth, The Guardians of Justice, The Oak Room<\/em> and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Outside of acting, Mitte was an ambassador for United Cerebral Palsy and Shriners Children&#8217;s. He also served as the president of The Mitte Foundation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In October 2025, Mitte <span class=\"s1\">proposed<\/span> to his girlfriend of five years, Kennedy Suarez.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">At the time, he told <em>People<\/em> that Suarez was his &#8220;everything&#8221; and that he couldn&#8217;t wait to &#8220;start our life together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RJ Mitte attends the \u2018Animals In War\u2019 premiere during the 2025 Tribeca Festival on June 8, 2025, in New York City. (Dia Dipasupil\/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival) RJ Mitte, who starred in Breaking Bad, has died, according to a statement from his representative. He was 34. &#8220;It is with profound sadness that we share the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}