# Billy Brown of "Alaskan Bush People" dies

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**Created:** [February 12, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-brown-of-alaskan-bush-people-dies/932775 "2021-02-12T18:44:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-brown-of-alaskan-bush-people-dies/932775/1 "2021-02-12T18:44:27Z")

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I didn’t see this yet, and it’s probably just a blip on most people’s radar.

Billy Brown, patriarch of the Brown family featured on the Discovery reality series _Alaskan Bush People_ died this past Sunday, Feb. 7. The series spotlights an extended family living off the grid in Alaska, then in Washington state in recent years. He was 68.

[https://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/billy-brown-1952-2021-patriarch-of-alaskan-bush-people-reality-series/](https://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/billy-brown-1952-2021-patriarch-of-alaskan-bush-people-reality-series/)

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**Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-brown-of-alaskan-bush-people-dies/932775/2 "2021-02-12T20:11:36Z")

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A father that will be missed no doubt, never a fan of the show though.

Alone is more up my alley. 100 day challenge no food, ten items. Season 7 northern Canada. Rolland who ended up winning a million , took down a musk ox with a bow. Because it was taking too long to die, he dispatched it with his knife.