r/breakingbad • u/Boring_Elevator3817 • 9h ago

RJ Mitte (Walt Jr) has passed 😥

Wow, I was shocked to hear this. They are saying it was suicide. So sad. He was only 34 years old. RIP, Flynn ❤️

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u/Master_virgin20 8h ago

I used to game with him playing Fortnite and warzone, he was active only a couple hours ago, crazy.

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u/HailToTheThief225 8h ago

It’s scary how you don’t know what someone’s going through and how normal things can seem before it happens. The night before I lost my best friend he was having dinner with our buddy, laughing and joking like nothing was wrong in his life. You just never know.

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u/SignificantRecipe715 7h ago

A lot of people who take their life are happy right beforehand, as they've made the decision & I guess feel like a weight has lifted. Really sad.

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u/harleyyquinade 6h ago

I read he was engaged, I feel so bad for his fiancee and his family, something must have sent him over the edge. RIP.

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u/KayotiK82 4h ago

Supposedly his financial team screwed him over (to the point where all his BB earnings ws gone) and didn’t pay his taxes, stole money etc and he was in really bad with the IRS.

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u/Experimental_Salad 20m ago

Fucking scumbag managers.

There's a weird irony here with the closing song "Baby Blue" being written by Pete Ham of Badfinger.

For those unfamiliar with the story, the band's manager, a scumbag named Stan Polley, completely ripped off the group. Pete Ham was completely broke, with a pregnant girlfriend, and he couldn't even afford to buy a crib for the baby.

He hanged himself in his garden. He named and blamed Stan Polley in his suicide note.

Several years later, Pete's song writing partner and band bass player, Tom Evans, who had been suffering depression ever since Pete's death, ended up taking his own life, as well.

Fucking scumbag managers.

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u/MiscastBroadcast 42m ago

Doesn’t have to be something. He was diagnosed with cerebral palsy as a baby (3y.o I think). As a disabled person myself, 30+ years with a disability is tough, and perhaps it just got too much.