Our sister-site MyBallard is reporting that Captain Phil Harris of the Discovery Channel TV show Deadliest Catch passed away last night, after suffering from a stroke on January 30 while off-loading from the Cornelia Marie in Alaska.
Many were surprised by his seemingly sudden death—according a blog post on the ship’s website last Saturday, Captain Phil was “talking to friends and family today; showing his greatest progress.”
Captain Phil has been a Ballard regular since operating his first vessel out of Fishermen’s Terminal when he was just 21 years old (he was the youngest person to ever captain a boat in the Bering Sea). Read the full story and find out how to send condolences to his friends and family here.