News broke late last week that weâd lost another member of the
Deadliest Catch family. In an announcement on December 28, we learned the world had lost Nick McGlashan, a worker on the Summer Bay ship and a member of the Discovery show community. Itâs been a tough year for that family as in July we learned of the passing of Mahlon Reyes, a deckhand on the show who had reportedly had a heart attack at the time of his passing. Now, cause of death has been revealed for Reyes and it seems it was cocaine-related.
When Mahlon Reyes died, like Nick McGlashan, he was still young, dying at the age of 38. His wife Heather Sullivan was the person who broke the news in early August, stating her husband had suffered a heart attack in late July. He was rushed to the hospital and was put on life support for a couple of days, as he was unresponsive once admitted. Unfortunately, Reyes ultimately passed on July 27th of last year.
The father-of-four died in July after suffering a heart attack in Montana
A coroner has now said the cause of death was acute cocaine intoxication
At the time Reyes family were shocked because he had no known health issues
The deckhand is one of eight people who have died after appearing on the show
Deadliest Catch star Nick McGlashan was the latest casualty in December
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Phil Harris, Nick McGlashan, Mahlon Reyes (Discovery Channel)
It s truly a sad day for Deadliest Catch fans, as one of the cast members, Nick McGlashan died in Nashville at the age of 33. No information regarding the cause of his death released yet. Nick, a seventh-generation fisherman and crabber who appeared on the Discovery Channel reality series for seven years
Nick was always passionate about his work, having worked on a boat since he was 13. The fishermen worked as a deck boss on the show when it first aired in 2013.
Throughout his life, Nick believed this what he was destined to do, having been a 7th generation fisherman from Alaska. However, through the show, Nick began his struggle with substance abuse. After overdosing three times, he finally sought out treatment in September 2016 to become clean. He was kicked out of the boat in order to sober up and get his act together in Season 13. Regarding Nick s substance abuse, here s what he had to say: