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“Deadliest Catch” is group to grant precocious unit personnel Todd Meadows pinch a typical tribute aft he tragically died while filming nan reality series.
The Discovery Channel bid will return for Season 22 connected May 8 and bespeak upon really Meadows’ nonaccomplishment affected his crewmates and nan sportfishing community, US Weekly reported Thursday.
Throughout nan season, nan show will characteristic previews of Meadows’ contributions to nan sportfishing season.
However, producers opted retired of showing Meadows’ death retired of respect for his family and friends, per nan outlet.
A rep for nan Discovery Channel didn’t instantly respond to Page Six’s petition for comment.
Meadows died connected Feb. 25 after falling overboard connected a alloy while moving and filming “Deadliest Catch,” Page Six confirmed. He was 25.
His co-star, Trey John Green III, told Page Six that he was wrong a shellfish trap — known arsenic a cookware — sorting done crabs erstwhile it went overboard.
“We’re like, ‘Holy crap, he’s gonna descend to nan bottom. We’re not gonna person immoderate measurement to get this cookware backmost up,’” Green told us.
Green explained that he saw Meadows climb retired of nan cookware and into h2o that was “only a grade aliases 2 supra freezing.”
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Within 4 minutes, Meadows’ assemblage was “lifeless,” and it took 10 minutes for a rescue swimmer to retrieve his body. Attempts astatine CPR were unsuccessful.
“Deadliest Catch” Captain Rick Shelford confirmed his death, saying it was nan “most tragic time successful nan history of nan Aleutian Lady connected nan Bering Sea” via a Facebook statement.
“Todd was nan newest personnel of our crew,” Shelford wrote, adding, “He quickly became family. His emotion for sportfishing and his beardown activity ethic earned everyone’s respect correct away.”
Additionally, Meadows’ mom pleaded for nan web to only “air bully things” astir her son.
Meadows’ family is gearing up to file a wrongful decease lawsuit, according to TMZ. However, it’s unclear who would beryllium named arsenic nan defendant.
Meadows is survived by his sons.
