Alaskan Bush People patriarch Billy Brown’s children share emotional tributes after he died at 68 of seizure
ALASKAN Bush People star Billy Brown's children shared emotional tributes to their father after he died at the age of 68.
The Discovery Channel patriarch passed away over the weekend after .
Rain called Billy her "hero" in a heartfelt tribute that she shared alongside a photo of herself smiling at him and Ami.
"I lost a true friend. Not forever, but only in this world. Please hold my family in your thoughts and prayers, especially my mother," the teen wrote.
"Please hold your family tight for me. Words cannot express how wonderful he was and is. But I will say, the closest thing to an angel I’ve ever known."
He decided to and continue to live in the mountains with his family.
Because he had been having a hard time breathing, he had always assumed it was his lungs - but the diagnosis from his last emergency scare pinpointed the problem being a serious problem with his heart.
In heartbreaking scenes on the reality show, Billy's wife told their adult kids that their father wasn’t going to get better.
The Browns left Alaska and so she could be treated at UCLA Medical Center.
The reality star family purchased a 435-acre property in the North Cascade Mountains of Washington State.
Her cancer is now in remission despite being given just a three percent chance of survival.
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The family that swept through the mountains last year.