R.J. Mitte, ‘Breaking Bad’ Actor And Disability Advocate, Dead At 34

R.J. Mitte, best known for playing Walter White Jr. on AMC’s Breaking Bad, has died at 34. His representatives confirmed he passed away Monday in Brownsville, Texas, calling it a “tragic passing.” TMZ reported the death was a suicide, citing a county official. Born Roy Frank Mitte III on August 21, 1992, he was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at age 3. He appeared in all five seasons of Breaking Bad from 2008 to 2013. Days before his death, Mitte reflected on the role in a podcast interview. Offscreen, he served as an ambassador for United Cerebral Palsy and Shriners Children’s and led The Mitte Foundation. He had recently gotten engaged to Kennedy Suarez.