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Grieving relatives of Breaking Bad star RJ Mitte looked solemn as they were seen on for the first time since his death.
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His mother, Dyna Mitte, was spotted in downtown Brownsville, Texas, on Thursday as she prepared for up to 1,500 mourners to attend Friday's celebration of life, which is expected to be the largest funeral in the city's history.
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The actor, best known for playing Walter White Jr, the son of Bryan Cranston's meth-dealing character on the AMC series from 2008 to 2013, was found dead at the Brownsville home he shared with his fiancée, Kennedy Suarez, on Monday.
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According to a family representative, the 34-year-old took his own life.
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Dyna was seen talking on her phone and to assistants as she walked into the building where her son's service will be held.
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She and others carried items from an SUV into the Mitte Center, an events venue funded by the philanthropic family's foundation.
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Other family members looked downcast and were seen locked in tense conversations.
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RJ was raised primarily by Dyna, who adopted him weeks after he was born.
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After she was left paralyzed in a car accident and split from RJ's adoptive father, he said he 'devoted his life' to help care for his mother and younger sister, Lacey.
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RJ Mitte's mother, Dyna, is pictured arriving at the Mitte Center in downtown Brownsville Thursday morning.
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This is her first time in public since her son's death on Monday
Dyna was seen talking on her phone and to family members as she walked around the area where her son's service will be held
RJ was raised primarily by Dyna, who adopted him weeks after he was born (together in 2014)
Celebrities from Mitte's circle may already be in town.
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The City of Brownsville told the Daily Mail several actors have called asking about the service.
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On the day Mitte was found, a woman was seen leaving the actor's house, screaming hysterically, neighbors told the Daily Mail.
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'My son was outside packing his car and saw her,' one neighbor who lives across the street from Mitte said.
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'We assume she is the one who found him.
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Another neighbor described seeing 'a surprising amount' of police cars at the house.
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At first I didn't know what happened because there were so many cops and ambulances.
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I didn't know he lived there.
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Later, I found it out it was him.
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He was taken away in an ambulance,' she added.
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Mitte, who had cerebral palsy and used his fame to advocate for disabled actors, lived in Brownsville with his roommate, Roy De Los Santos, who works for the Mitte family.
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De Los Santos did not respond to questions from the Daily Mail.
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Mitte was well known in the Texas border town for both his acting career and his family's longstanding ties to the community.
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Dyna and family are preparing for the funeral tomorrow which is expected to be the largest in the Texas town's history
Mitte's family are the biggest philanthropists in Brownsville, running a charitable foundation and cultural arts district
Friends, family and staff looked solemn as they prepare for the funeral
His family are the biggest philanthropists in the city, running a charitable foundation and cultural arts district in the heart of Brownsville that includes the Mitte Center, Gladys Porter Zoo, the Children's Museum of Brownsville and a new farmer's market.
The Mitte Center will host the actor's public celebration of life Friday at 10 am.
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In a city of about 190,000, as many as 1,500 people could attend the memorial for the area's favorite son.
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Only 400 people fit inside the Mitte Center, according to the city, but there will be overflow areas just outside the center.
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Mitte's Brownsville roots can be traced back to his grandfather, Roy F Mitte, who built a successful insurance and real estate business.
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'He made a lot of money back in the '50 and '60s and he really loved Brownsville,' a family friend who asked not to be named told the Daily Mail.
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He eventually moved to Austin, but he founded the Mitte Foundation and it was basically designed to raise money and give money to charities within Brownsville.'
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After Breaking Bad wrapped, Mitte moved to Brownsville permanently and helped usher the foundation into a new era as president of its board.
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Mitte told friends about his struggle to find work after hit breakout role in Breaking Bad
Well known in the Brownsville area, Mitte received an outpouring of support from fans who left flowers for him after his passing
Located in downtown Brownsville, the Mitte Center will host a public celebration of life Friday morning for RJ Mitte
An overflow area for the public has been set up at the Cannery Public Market just next to the Mitte Center
Under his leadership, the state named designated the Mitte as an 'official cultural district'.
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'I think he celebrity really helped the Mitte Foundation,' the friend said.
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'It had been here for 50-plus years, but it had kind of rolled quietly in the background, but when RJ came to town, he just breathed life into it- really making things happen.
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He was highly loved in the community.
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Despite his work in the community, Mitte's family friend shared he could never shake the burden of his early success.
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'I could tell his had a sadness in him.
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You know how some people you can just sense even though they're always smiling and being good for everyone else,' the friend said.
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'Sometimes we would talk, I'd see him out, and he'd start telling me things that are going on, some of his struggles,' the friend stated.
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RJ Mitte served as the honorary parade marshal for the Charro Days Fiesta in 2022, according to his Instagram account
Mitte's shock death comes only a year after the actor got engaged to Kennedy Suarez
Mitte felt couldn't get the roles he wanted, often type cast only for his disability, he told friends privately.
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'Everybody thought he had a ton of money, he didn't have a ton of money.
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