{"id":3314,"date":"2026-10-13T23:28:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T23:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/?p=3314"},"modified":"2026-10-13T23:28:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T23:28:59","slug":"it-is-with-heavy-hearts-that-we-announce-the-passing-of-this-beloved-and-pioneering-actorsee-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/?p=3314","title":{"rendered":"It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of this beloved and pioneering actor\u2026See more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For many viewers, RJ Mitte will always be Walter White Jr., the young man caught inside his family\u2019s unraveling world in Breaking Bad. Mitte, who has cerebral palsy himself, brought an important dimension of lived experience to the role. His character had opinions, frustrations, loyalties, and relationships that extended beyond disability. That mattered: audiences encountered a teenager whose condition was part of his life, not the entirety of his identity.Away from the screen, Mitte has used his platform to advocate for disability awareness, inclusion, and equal representation. His work points toward a challenge that one successful television role cannot resolve: creating opportunities for disabled people to participate fully and tell their own stories. The significance of his career lies not only in a memorable performance, but also in the conversations it helped open. Recognition is meaningful; making room for others is how that recognition becomes something larger.<strong>Read more below<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"site-content container is_full_width clear\">\n<div id=\"primary\" class=\"content-area\"><main id=\"main\" class=\"site-main\"><\/p>\n<article id=\"post-137046\" class=\"post-137046 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news\">\n<div class=\"entry-tags\"><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-9\"><\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<aside id=\"secondary\" class=\"widget-area sidebar\"><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<footer id=\"colophon\" class=\"site-footer\">\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"site-bottom\" class=\"no-footer-widgets clear\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"menu-f-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For many viewers, RJ Mitte will always be Walter White Jr., the young man caught inside his family\u2019s unraveling world in Breaking Bad. Mitte, who has&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3314"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3318,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3314\/revisions\/3318"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}