Danelle Branson, the great-niece of Alaskan Bush People star Ami Brown, has passed away at the age of 29.
According to her obituary on Legacy.com, Danelle died on Friday, January 26, 2024, in Mineral Wells, Texas. She was the daughter of former Alaskan Bush People star Amber Branson, who tragically passed away on May 2, 2020, due to severe injuries from a fire in her Texas home.
Danelle’s obituary reads,
“She enjoyed writing poetry, drawing, fishing, gardening, dancing, following fashion trends, listening to music, watching movies, spending time with her children, and visiting with family and friends.”
A Texas coroner said, “The suspected cause at the scene was suicide by gunshot.” The results of an autopsy to confirm the final cause of death are pending.
Danelle’s uncle, Les Branson, confirmed the passing on Facebook, where he allegedly wrote,
“It is with great sadness that I must relay to you that my great niece, Danelle Sarae Branson, took her own life yesterday. She is the daughter of my late niece, Amber Branson.”
The docudrama-style reality series “Alaskan Bush People” premiered on the Discovery Channel on May 6, 2014. It chronicles the lives of the Brown family as they live off-the-grid in the Alaskan wilderness and later in the North Cascade Mountains of Washington State. The show aired its 14th season between October and December 2022.
In recent years, the series has been marked by tragedy, with several deaths in the family. Following the passing of Amber in May 2020, the show’s patriarch, Billy Brown, died in February 2021 after suffering a fatal seizure atop North Star Ranch. He was 68.
“We are heartbroken to announce that our beloved patriarch Billy Brown passed away last night after suffering from a seizure,” Billy’s son, Bear Brown, wrote on Instagram at the time. “He was our best friend — a wonderful and loving dad, granddad and husband and he will be dearly missed.”
Billy’s death occurred less than a year after the tragic passing of Amber. Les informed The U.S. Sun that when authorities arrived, “They found Amber with severe burns over 90 percent of her body. She told the police that her injuries were self-inflicted.”
In April 2017, there was a scare when Ami was diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer. The family relocated from Alaska to Washington State so that Ami could be nearer to Los Angeles for her checkups every three months. Fortunately, Ami successfully overcame her battle with cancer.