Ellise Shafer editorMahlon Reyes, a deckhand on Discovery Channel’s reality show “Deadliest Catch,” died on July 27. He was 38.Reyes’ wife confirmed to TMZ that he suffered a massive heart attack in his hometown of Whitefish, Mont., on July 25 and was rushed to the hospital.
However, he did not regain consciousness and his family decided to take him off of life support in the early morning of July 27, according to a post made on his memorial Facebook page.The family was unaware of any pre-existing health conditions that may have led to the heart attack.
According to TMZ, the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office has not yet determined his official cause of death.Reyes worked on two crabbing boats on “Deadliest Catch,” the Seabrooke and Cape.
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