RIP Phil Harris

[Salt Peanuts]

I'm not sure if anyone here watches/ed Discovery Channel's Deadliest Catch, but Phil Harris, the captain of Cornelia Marie the ship that has been prominently featured on the show, has passed away as a result of a stroke. He will me missed.

Deadliest Catch : Discovery Channel

[tkam]

Sucks

[Pars]

Yep. He was one of my favorites to watch on the show... funny guy.

[n_maher]

While sad this was hardly unexpected.

[morphsci]

RIP Ballou

[The Monkey]

Ah, that's a shame. Not exactly an easy life.

[ronnielee54]

While sad this was hardly unexpected.

Agree with that. Suprised any of them live as long as he did with their lifestyles.

[HeadphoneAddict]

We were sad here too. My 12 year old son and I enjoy watching TV together, and that was one of his favorite shows. I assume the blood thinners from the Pulmonary Embolism put him at risk for the stroke (if it was a brain bleed and not a clot).

[swt61]

I met Phil once at the UniSea Inn bar in Dutch Harbor. This was long before he was on the TV show ('92ish). He was really wanting to see the ship I fished on (F/T Ocean Rover), which was at that time the most modern, luxurious and best producing factory trawler in the Bering Sea. So anyway he came on board for a tour and regaled us with stories of crab fishing. Needless to say it was a lot of fun watching him on Deadliest Catch later. RIP Phil

[Pars]

Ah, that's a shame. Not exactly an easy life.

Watching the show last year with the other Capt (Stig?) thinking he was having a heart attack or something (and chain smoking the whole time), I would say I agree that it wasn't exactly surprising. Still a shame though.