So just how much was Brown worth? According to The Sun, the family's total net worth was reported to be in the ballpark of $60 million as of last year. The outlet also reported that Brown owned a considerable amount of land, forking over $1.6 million in 2018 for over 400 acres in Washington.

Brown reportedly made half a million per episode, a staggering sum that has led people to question whether Alaskan Bush People is fake. In 2016, neighbors told Radar Online that the Brown family only lived in the wilderness while the show was filming, and spent the rest of their time living more comfortably in a hotel.

The family has always been adamant that their rugged lifestyle is real, though. "What can you say to people like that?" Brown told Radar Online in response to critics in 2015. "We call them 'bobs in the basement.' That's just what we call the people who sit behind the computers and don't have a life."