dead

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Matt Brown, who starred with his family in the Discovery reality television show “Alaskan Bush People,” was found dead in the Okanogan River in Washington state, law enforcement officials said Sunday.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

"It's a big as my hand," he says, spreading his fingers over a brown ring of dead moss.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

The 33-year-old model and actor had been married for just five months when she was found dead in her matrimonial home in Madhya Pradesh state's Bhopal city on 12 May.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

"Whether she is dead or alive, we do not know. I'm hopeless," she added.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

We skidded to a stop dead center, and as though we’d planned it, we reached out at the same time to grab hands.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin