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UPDATE: The Mohave County Medical Examiner’s Office successful Arizona has confirmed that Storage Wars star Darrell Sheets took his ain life past month.
The mode of decease was confirmed to TMZ. Arizona rule enforcement officials recovered Sheets astatine his location successful Lake Havasu City, Arizona, connected April 22, and said astatine nan clip that he appeared to person died from a self-inflicted gunshot coiled to nan head. Sheets was 67.
PREVIOUS, April 22: Darrell Sheets, a longtime regular connected nan A&E reality title series Storage Wars died early this greeting astatine his location successful Lake Havasu City, Arizona. He was 67.
Lake Havasu City constabulary said he died of what appeared to beryllium a self-inflicted gunshot coiled to nan head.
According to a constabulary section connection obtained by Deadline, officers were dispatched to Sheets’ location astir 2 a.m. section time, wherever they discovered Sheets and pronounced him dead. The department’s Criminal Investigations Unit was notified and responded to nan segment to presume nan investigation, which is ongoing.
Sheets’ assemblage was turned complete to nan Mohave County Medical Examiner’s agency for further investigation.
Born connected May 13, 1958, successful California, Sheets appeared connected 163 episodes of Storage Wars betwixt 2010 and 2023, vying pinch different buyers of abandoned and unopened retention lockers being auctioned. An episode’s victor is wished by nan worth of nan lockers’ contents.
After suffering a bosom onslaught successful 2019, Sheets mostly retired from nan locker trade, appearing connected nan show only infrequently successful caller years aft moving to Arizona, wherever he ran an antiques store.
In a short bio connected nan series’ website, Sheets is described arsenic having been “addicted to nan ‘high’ of retention auctions for 32 years.”
“While others person turned nan gambling broadside of retention buying into dependable businesses,” nan bio states, “Darrell is ever going for nan ‘big hit.’ Boasting a large game, Darrell is speedy to show you astir nan 4 Picassos and nan world’s astir lucrative comic book postulation that he has scored done retention auctions.”
The bio concludes, “After years successful nan business, Darrell nary longer collects: ‘The only point I cod these days is dormant presidents.’ Darrell takes pridefulness successful nan escapade and acquisition retention buying has provided him. It’s a manner and accomplishment group he hopes to walk connected to his boy [Brandon].”
Complete accusation connected survivors was not instantly available.
If you aliases anyone you cognize are having thoughts of suicide, telephone aliases matter 988 to scope nan National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline or spell to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources.
