“Deadliest Catch” star Nick Mavar dies at 59

Deadliest Catch deckhand Nick Mavar has died following an unspecified medical emergency, multiple media outlets have confirmed.

The 59-year-old fisherman died Thursday afternoon as a result of an accident at a shipyard in Naknek, Alaska, the Bristol Bay Police Chief confirmed to Deadline.

According to People, first responders took Mavar to Camai Medical Center after receiving a distress call from another person at the shipyard. “Life-saving efforts” by rescue workers and hospital staff were unsuccessful.

According to Deadline, “natural causes” were responsible for Mavar’s death.

Mavar appeared in nearly 100 episodes of “Deadliest Catch” on the Discovery Channel over the course of 16 years, during which time he served as Captain Sig Hansen’s right-hand man aboard the F/V Northwestern.

Mavar left the show in late 2020 after his appendix burst on board – a frightening scene that played out in an episode the following year.

He also appeared in Deadliest Catch: Siberian Winter and Deadliest Catch: The Bait.

Mavar later learned that his appendix had a cancerous tumor. The reality star never returned to the series.

Mavar leaves behind his wife Julie, whom he married in 2021.