Deadliest Catch Captain Phil Harris Dies

[Capt. Fran]

While unloading his ship in Alaska on January 30, Captain Phil Harris had a stroke that he never recovered from, spending his remaining days in the hospital.
He died at age 53.

[skycowboy]

His boys must be devastated. I imagine they will do some sort of tribute show, should be a real tear jerker. So long Capt Phil. rest in peace.

[stevefoster]

While unloading his ship in Alaska on January 30, Captain Phil Harris had a stroke that he never recovered from, spending his remaining days in the hospital.
He died at age 53.

I'll bet he had some sea stories to tell that they didn't show on TV. Vaya con Dios Captain Phil............

[skinny stick]

very sad,,wish i could have sit at his galley table and had a cup of coffee with him

[shippedout]

Man...who would have thought.

Working one of the worlds most dangerous jobs, and the guy gets taken out at 53 by a dried up plant and a little paper with a filter on it.

Guy was never on camera without a stick burning.

RIP

[cmakin]

I wonder if there was a film crew onboard for the season.

[dougpine]

I had a chance to talk with him at the Pacific Marine Expo last November. Sure am glad I got to meet him and swap a couple of sea stories.

[trekleader]

Man...who would have thought.

Working one of the worlds most dangerous jobs, and the guy gets taken out at 53 by a dried up plant and a little paper with a filter on it.

Guy was never on camera without a stick burning.

RIP

Cigarettes are poison, pure and simple.

It's a disservice to describe them as only a dried plant and paper. Google 'List of Chemicals in Cigarettes' and try to imagine getting and reading the MSDS sheets for the 559 (!) chemicals listed on some sites. Here's 5 at random: Methyl-alpha-Ionone, Methyl-trans-2-Butenoic Acid, 4-Methylacetophenone, para-Methylanisole, alpha-Methylbenzyl Acetate,
1,5,5,9-Tetramethyl-13-Oxatricyclo(8.3.0.0(4,9))Tridecane

Personally, I smoked for many years. Giving it up (cold turkey) was one of the hardest things I ever did, but I am still manifesting positive results from my effort.

I cringed when I watched that show and those guys were in the wheelhouse smoking. I'd rather deal with Capt. Lee's skin guy...

Fair seas, Capt. Harris, we hardly knew ye...

[capitan1962]

I had a chance to talk with him at the Pacific Marine Expo last November. Sure am glad I got to meet him and swap a couple of sea stories.

Treasure that bro, I was a longliner for years and even though I never knew him I respected his drive. Commercial fishing is like pro sports, the competitiveness is what makes it worth the while. Capt. Phil was a winner. That's why he put so much into it.

[skinny stick]

Treasure that bro, I was a longliner for years and even though I never knew him I respected his drive. Commercial fishing is like pro sports, the competitiveness is what makes it worth the while. Capt. Phil was a winner. That's why he put so much into it.

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I was a longline tuna fisherman for years, what i miss about fishing is that we had respect for our captain and a crew was a "crew" not just a guy you work with. Also we were not scared to work. People out here in the oil patch just aint like that. Not all but most

[Xtracho]

The guy also drank about a dozen Red Bulls a day... and no telling what else on the beach. Plus, chain smoking. Put that together with the harsh life on the water and it's a sure recipe for disaster. He was a great guy, just did not take very good care of himself.

[Tim]

++++ vibes to this family.....

[OICUR12]

He went out in true biker hard ass fashion.

I wonder if he had a sense at the end that the other guys would help the boys make it on their own.

I don't blame him. He probably figured F it i already got one foot in the grave and i aint gonna live to be an old man so might as well live like i wanna live till i die.


I hope they continue to take an honest intrest in the survival of the boys and their boat for the sake of their ol man.

Things can get competitive when they start shrinking quotas and shortening seasons.

Those boys are gonna have to grow up fast.

The part about Phil telling his youngest that he needed treatment and in another scene you see Phil talking about drinking like a fish and doing every drug known to man.

Cracks me up and reminds me of my ol man.

That boy is gonna be just like his ol man when he gets past the death of his father. he will play good boy for awhile to clean up his image and then right back to them pills.


That is one side of that industry they don't highlight on Discovery channel is all the amphetamine and narcotic abuse. How do you think those guys go like that for days on end completely numb to the hours and the cold?

I knew a former crabber long before this show came out. He got hooked on coke on the boat and was already an alcoholic.

He mixed the two when he got off in dutch and within two weeks had spent at least 30k, racked up a dui, and totaled his truck.



The smart ones take the money back down to Seattle and the Northwest like their fisherman fathers before them.

I see the older son taking over the business with a little help and the younger one becoming a deck boss and part time captain. Unless he truley cleans up his act he will kill someone as a captain if he is stoned like that.

On a lighter note I saw "Captain Sig's" alaskan salmon at walmart the other day.

His pale Norwegian face did not look like the ol gordon's fisherman i can tell you that. But the fish did look to be good quality.

Those lucky bastards and all the endorsements they are getting.

That is why Jonathan is able to consider retirement or sit out a season now and then when he feels like it.

Those two brothers are the money makers. Smart guys.