Mike Batayeh dead: Breaking Bad actor dies aged 52

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2023-06-09 20:16:51  • 2 mins

By Brandon Drenon

BBC News, Washington DC

Mike Batayeh, known for playing the manager of a laundromat turned meth lab in Breaking Bad, has died aged 52, US media reported.

The actor and comedian's family told TMZ he died at home in Michigan in his sleep on 1 June after a heart attack.

Batayeh did not have a history of heart issues, according to the family, describing his death as very sudden.

"He will be greatly missed by those who loved him" and others who enjoyed his career, his family said in a statement.

Batayeh appeared in three episodes of the AMC hit drama series Breaking Bad in 2011 - the series ran between 2008 and 2013.

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