Posted on 12/28/2020 11:26:24 AM PST by Red Badger
Nick McGlashan, a 7th generation fisherman who starred in "Deadliest Catch," has died ... TMZ has learned.
The Medical Examiner and family tell TMZ ... Nick passed away Sunday in Nashville. The cause of death has not been determined.
Nick appeared on the show for years ... from 2013 - 2020, in 78 episodes.
Nick's family has a storied tale of the sea. His great uncle worked on the first boat in the U.S. crab industry. Two of his aunts were crabbers ... one of who was lost at sea after the boat sank.
As for Nick ... he started crabbing at age 13. Nick quickly earned his stripes and up piloting the Cape Caution ... eventually upgrading to the Summer Bay.
Nick was an unrelenting figure on the boat. Nothing could stop him ... not pain, nothing. He never gave up ... even when the boat had perilous mechanical problems.
He struggled for years with addiction to alcohol and drugs ... it got bad enough he was suspended from part of Season 13 and ended up in rehab. It got so bad he said he was drinking a half-gallon of vodka and shooting up with one gram of meth and 2 grams of heroin in a single day. He tried hard to stay sober and said he was trying to inspire others to get clean.
The show has had its share of tragedies. We broke the story ... deckhand Mahlon Reyes died back in August after suffering a heart attack.
Nick was 33.
RIP
Half gallon of vodka per day? Sounds like someone I knew.
“t got so bad he said he was drinking a half-gallon of vodka and shooting up with one gram of meth and 2 grams of heroin in a single day.”
If the cause of death is undermined, that might be a clue.
sad. condolences to the family. tough for them.
It got so bad he said he was drinking a half-gallon of vodka and shooting up with one gram of meth and 2 grams of heroin in a single day
I have a pretty good idea of what killed him so young.
Likely it will be Covid-19, even if he was full of drugs and alcohol.
That show is hexxed!
The cause of death has not been determined.
I saw a boat captain On that show use the most foul language on camera it was disturbing. Something way off. Never watched it again that was like 10 years ago
We've been subliminally subjected to "the alleged murderer"
... found at the scene with a gun in his hand screaming "I'm GLAD I shot him six times ! "
THAT'S why no one stands like a man that has made up his mind
Most can and do recover if they can grasp a recovery program that demands rigorous honesty. I did. 30 years off the sauce. One day at a time.
My grandfather told me not to grab hold of anything I couldn’t turn loose of. We were talking about tattoos at the time but I took his advice to be more general in nature. It’s served me well over the years.
He put a lot of years into those 33. Sad
For some reason, when I think ‘crabbing’, I do not think Nashville...
Half gallon of vodka per day? Sounds like someone I knew.
Only difference with my bud was he drank the second half at night, he died last years after killing his gift liver. In the end a waste of a good needed liver.
not all crews live in Alaska during the off season.
Drugs and alcohol ...enough said..
YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW...SO SHALL IT BE...
Rode the rebuilt crab boat for their demo ride out of Alaska last year (2019) with my daughter. Good trip, good exhibits off of a real Dangerous Catch boat of how the lines and machinery actually work.
I saw a boat captain On that show use the most foul language on camera it was disturbing.
One time when we had just come in after unloading our catch at the cannery, a young guy with his girlfriend we walking along the dock we were tied up to and asked how we had done. I had let loose at least four or five ‘bad words’ in front a young lady before I realized that although still aboard the boat, I was back in civilization. It was embarrassing to say the least.
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