Content warning: This story discusses suicide.
More details have been shared about RJ Mitte‘s death.
After a rep for the Breaking Bad star confirmed he died in Texas on Oct. 12, his cause of death has now been revealed. The 34-year-old died by suicide, his rep confirmed to People.
Before his passing, Mitte had been open about how his diagnosis with cerebral palsy at age 3 affected his mental health.
“Cerebral palsy and mental health go hand in hand because when you have a physical disability you’re twice as likely to be bullied,” he said in 2015, according to the Australian Broadcast Corporation, telling Brain Health that year, “One thing I’ve learned from my disability is that when there is an obstacle, you adapt and grow. You can’t let that obstacle break you down and discourage you.”
Indeed, the actor had used his platform to raise awareness for cerebral palsy, which affects mobility.
“With the work I’ve done,” he said on the Oct. 5 episode of The Joe Vulpis Podcast, “with people with disabilities and equal opportunity, employment and advocacy and really just trying to remind people that they have a voice and lend my voice, that’s really the greatest thing that Breaking Bad has given me.”
