Sunday's Paramount Network premiere of the long-awaited second half of "Yellowstone" Season 5 starts with emergency crews at the Montana governor's mansion, home of Costner's embattled patriarch, Governor John Dutton. Start the day smarter. Get all the ...

Kevin Costner has responded to his character John Dutton’s death in Yellowstone Season 5B. The Field of Dreams star portrayed the Dutton family patriarch in the first four seasons and the first part of Season 5,

Yes, it appears that John Dutton really is dead. At the start of the ninth episode, John Dutton is found dead in the bathroom of the Montana governor’s mansion, with a gunshot wound to the head. As Kevin Costner’s face wasn't shown directly, fans not wanting to believe he could be dead thought this could be a misdirection.