Discovery Channel’s hit reality TV series, Deadliest Catch, is no stranger to death. Crab fishing in the Bering Sea isn’t for the faint of heart or the fearful, as it’s an incredibly dangerous, high-risk profession. Todd Kochutin is the most recent cast member on the show to die. Here’s what to know, plus more about who dies in Deadliest Catch Season 19 airing in 2023.
Todd Kochutin was the most recent star of ‘Deadliest Catch’ to die Todd Kochutin in ‘Deadliest Catch’ | Discovery UK via YouTube
Deadliest Catch star Todd Kochutin died in February 2021, marking his death as one of the most recent from the show. He died at 30 years old after sustaining injuries while aboard the F/V Patricia Lee.
“Todd was born in Anchorage, Alaska, to Robert Olsen and Deanna Kochutin,” his obituary reads. “He was a passionate fisherman. He devoted most of summers and winters to fishing for king crab,...
Todd Kochutin was the most recent star of ‘Deadliest Catch’ to die Todd Kochutin in ‘Deadliest Catch’ | Discovery UK via YouTube
Deadliest Catch star Todd Kochutin died in February 2021, marking his death as one of the most recent from the show. He died at 30 years old after sustaining injuries while aboard the F/V Patricia Lee.
“Todd was born in Anchorage, Alaska, to Robert Olsen and Deanna Kochutin,” his obituary reads. “He was a passionate fisherman. He devoted most of summers and winters to fishing for king crab,...
- 6/23/2023
- by Lauren Weiler
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch Season 19 continues on with fan-favorite cast members like Sig Hansen, Sean Dwyer, and “Wild” Bill Wichrowski. The show features the dangers of fishing in the Bering Sea — but it seems there are also dangers on land. An associate producer of the show died via gunshot wounds. Here’s what to know about the strange Deadliest Catch death that didn’t occur on a boat.
‘Deadliest Catch’ associate producer Joe McMahon died from gunshot wounds
Fans know of several Deadliest Catch deaths that occurred through the years, but the death of Joe McMahon remains mysterious. McMahon was an associate producer with the show when he died. He was reportedly shot and killed outside of his Pasadena, California, home, at just 24 years old.
The police responded to a call regarding possible gunshots at 2:19 a.m. in July 2015. Police arrived to find McMahon on the street with several gunshot wounds.
‘Deadliest Catch’ associate producer Joe McMahon died from gunshot wounds
Fans know of several Deadliest Catch deaths that occurred through the years, but the death of Joe McMahon remains mysterious. McMahon was an associate producer with the show when he died. He was reportedly shot and killed outside of his Pasadena, California, home, at just 24 years old.
The police responded to a call regarding possible gunshots at 2:19 a.m. in July 2015. Police arrived to find McMahon on the street with several gunshot wounds.
- 6/20/2023
- by Lauren Weiler
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch Season 19 continues on, and fans are invested in Captain “Wild” Bill Wichrowski. Wichrowski joined the show in 2010 for season 6, and that’s also when his son, Zach Larson, joined the show. Unfortunately, it seems Wichrowski and Larson didn’t have a great relationship. Here’s what we know.
‘Wild’ Bill Wichrowski on ‘Deadliest Catch’ | Discovery via YouTube ‘Deadliest Catch’ star ‘Wild’ Bill Wichrowski and his son, Zach Larson, had a difficult relationship
Deadliest Catch Season 19 fans are missing Zach Larson, and they may recall his relationship with his famous father, Captain “Wild” Bill Wichrowski. Larson and Wichrowski had a difficult father-son relationship. Wichrowski has three kids, and Larson was from a previous marriage (he took his mother’s last name). Reports suggest Wichrowski stepped out of his son’s life when Larson was young, causing a rift. Larson joined his father in 2008 to catch crabs together for the first time.
‘Wild’ Bill Wichrowski on ‘Deadliest Catch’ | Discovery via YouTube ‘Deadliest Catch’ star ‘Wild’ Bill Wichrowski and his son, Zach Larson, had a difficult relationship
Deadliest Catch Season 19 fans are missing Zach Larson, and they may recall his relationship with his famous father, Captain “Wild” Bill Wichrowski. Larson and Wichrowski had a difficult father-son relationship. Wichrowski has three kids, and Larson was from a previous marriage (he took his mother’s last name). Reports suggest Wichrowski stepped out of his son’s life when Larson was young, causing a rift. Larson joined his father in 2008 to catch crabs together for the first time.
- 6/6/2023
- by Lauren Weiler
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Discovery Channel fans keeping up with Deadliest Catch know the dangers of fishing in the Bering Sea. The crews aboard the fishing boats often talk about how the weather can affect the vessels — and, of course, several boats have sunk in the series. Here’s how much the crab boats from Deadliest Catch can cost — and it’s way more than some fans might expect.
Crab boats, like the ones seen on ‘Deadliest Catch’ Season 19, can cost millions to build A crab boat in ‘Deadliest Catch’ | Discovery via YouTube
Building crab boats fit for the Bering Sea is no easy task, as they have to withstand the harsh weather conditions of Alaska.
“We have stability reports onboard and we try to follow them to the letter, but a lot of times ice can build so fast there is nothing we can do about it,” Captain Sig Hansen of the F...
Crab boats, like the ones seen on ‘Deadliest Catch’ Season 19, can cost millions to build A crab boat in ‘Deadliest Catch’ | Discovery via YouTube
Building crab boats fit for the Bering Sea is no easy task, as they have to withstand the harsh weather conditions of Alaska.
“We have stability reports onboard and we try to follow them to the letter, but a lot of times ice can build so fast there is nothing we can do about it,” Captain Sig Hansen of the F...
- 5/9/2023
- by Lauren Weiler
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Discovery’s reality TV series, Deadliest Catch Season 19, is here with a new cast and crew, and fans wonder about past cast members who were regulars on the series. Rick Mezich was featured heavily in the first season of the series, though he no longer makes appearances. So, where is Rick Mezich in 2023? Here’s what we know.
Where is ‘Deadliest Catch’ star Rick Mezich in 2023? ‘Deadliest Catch’ captains | Daniel Zuchnik/WireImage
Deadliest Catch viewers remember seeing Rick Mezich in the first season of the series, though he hasn’t returned since. According to LatestCelebArticles, Rick was well-known for braving the wintery conditions between Russia and Alaska for snow crabs in 1999.
Now, he no longer makes a living via reality TV. Rick reportedly lives in Edmonds, Washington, and manages UniSea/St. Paul Cbsfa Central Bering Sea Fisheries Association while overseeing several vessels. While the F/V Starward reportedly received a...
Where is ‘Deadliest Catch’ star Rick Mezich in 2023? ‘Deadliest Catch’ captains | Daniel Zuchnik/WireImage
Deadliest Catch viewers remember seeing Rick Mezich in the first season of the series, though he hasn’t returned since. According to LatestCelebArticles, Rick was well-known for braving the wintery conditions between Russia and Alaska for snow crabs in 1999.
Now, he no longer makes a living via reality TV. Rick reportedly lives in Edmonds, Washington, and manages UniSea/St. Paul Cbsfa Central Bering Sea Fisheries Association while overseeing several vessels. While the F/V Starward reportedly received a...
- 4/25/2023
- by Lauren Weiler
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
If the Discovery Channel was angling for a hit show, then they hauled it in with the “Deadliest Catch,” which premiered in 2005 and has aired every year since.
The documentary series, narrated by Mike Rowe, follows crab fishermen and crab boats as they ply their dangerous and sometimes deadly trade in the Bering Sea during the Alaskan king crab and snow crab fishing seasons. The base for the crab fleet is the Aleutian Islands port of Dutch Harbor, Alaska.
Through the years of the TV show’s airing, it has proven popular around the globe, making the skippers, their crewman, and their boats, celebrities in their own right.
This year’s season, which kicks off with a two-hour premiere on April 19, finds the crews of nine crab vessels trying to cope with the Alaskan government shutting down red king crab catching for the season. You’ll also find them contending with the usual treacherous seas,...
The documentary series, narrated by Mike Rowe, follows crab fishermen and crab boats as they ply their dangerous and sometimes deadly trade in the Bering Sea during the Alaskan king crab and snow crab fishing seasons. The base for the crab fleet is the Aleutian Islands port of Dutch Harbor, Alaska.
Through the years of the TV show’s airing, it has proven popular around the globe, making the skippers, their crewman, and their boats, celebrities in their own right.
This year’s season, which kicks off with a two-hour premiere on April 19, finds the crews of nine crab vessels trying to cope with the Alaskan government shutting down red king crab catching for the season. You’ll also find them contending with the usual treacherous seas,...
- 5/4/2022
- by Buddy TV
- buddytv.com
The title “Deadliest Catch” wasn’t just pulled out of a hat for Discovery’s hit deep-sea crabbing series.
On Tuesday’s season finale episode, Cody Rhodes (not to be confused with Aew’s Cody Rhodes) must be helicopter-lifted off of the F/V (Fishing Vessel) Karie Marie’s deck — but first, a Coast Guard rescue swimmer must get to him first.
Two hours earlier, Rhodes “took the falling force of a 1,000-pound steel crab pod to his left leg, twisting the flesh and bone, resulting in a gruesome spiral fracture of his fibula and tibia,” series narrator Mike Rowe tells us.
Also Read: Discovery's 'Bering Sea Gold' Season 8 Gets Premiere Date, Promo - and Vernon Adkison's Return (Exclusive)
Yeah, it’s yucky — and TheWrap’s got your first look at the ugly aftermath.
Watch the video above.
Read below to find out what’s happening on...
On Tuesday’s season finale episode, Cody Rhodes (not to be confused with Aew’s Cody Rhodes) must be helicopter-lifted off of the F/V (Fishing Vessel) Karie Marie’s deck — but first, a Coast Guard rescue swimmer must get to him first.
Two hours earlier, Rhodes “took the falling force of a 1,000-pound steel crab pod to his left leg, twisting the flesh and bone, resulting in a gruesome spiral fracture of his fibula and tibia,” series narrator Mike Rowe tells us.
Also Read: Discovery's 'Bering Sea Gold' Season 8 Gets Premiere Date, Promo - and Vernon Adkison's Return (Exclusive)
Yeah, it’s yucky — and TheWrap’s got your first look at the ugly aftermath.
Watch the video above.
Read below to find out what’s happening on...
- 9/10/2019
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Missi Pyle, Spencer Locke, Bailey Chase, and Sherri Shepherd are set to topline Walk Ride Rodeo, a biopic of paralyzed rodeo champion Amberley Snyder (played by Locke) from Poke Prod and Netflix. Directed by Conor Allyn, the film follows the story of nationally-ranked barrel racer Snyder who, at 19-years old, barely survived a car accident that left her paralyzed from the waist down. Her doctors said she would never walk again, let alone ride. Snyder overcame her prognosis and was back on her horse 18 months after the accident.
Alyvia Alyn Lind (Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors), Corbin Bleu (High School Musical), Max Ehrich (The Path), Raleigh Cain (Only the Brave), Mitchell Hoog (The Spookies) and John-Paul Howard (Hell or High Water) will co-star.
Sean Dwyer and Greg Cope White wrote the screenplay,...
Alyvia Alyn Lind (Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors), Corbin Bleu (High School Musical), Max Ehrich (The Path), Raleigh Cain (Only the Brave), Mitchell Hoog (The Spookies) and John-Paul Howard (Hell or High Water) will co-star.
Sean Dwyer and Greg Cope White wrote the screenplay,...
- 7/27/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
On tonight’s Deadliest Catch, there’s a serious chill in the air as the Brenna A’s Sean Dwyer betrays a new alliance with the Cornelia Marie — by failing to share valuable information about where the crab is. As our exclusive clip shows, the Cornelia Marie’s captain Casey McManus tries to talk to the Brenna A but gets nothing but radio silence. And he and Josh Harris are Not digging Dwyer’s unwillingness to help them out. The pair earlier agree to form an alliance with Dwyer, but as they radio through to find out where he’s at we seen him intentionally avoiding […]
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- 4/24/2018
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
Tonight on Deadliest Catch, young captain Sean Dwyer of the Brenna A is exploring all avenues of edible income in the Bering Sea — and it’s time to fish for cod! Scraping by during King Crab season with a small quota, Sean tells us in the exclusive clip below: “If cod can get me through to the next year, then that’s what I got to do.” The young skipper is banking on his new cod license to keep his family business afloat. Noting the vastly different styles of fishing, he says: “It’s kind of a cod freeway out here, you...read more...
- 5/23/2017
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
Things get crazy aboard the Saga on this week’s Deadliest Catch — as crew-members Sean Dunlop and Hannes Huswick erupt in a massive fist-fight. Our exclusive clip below sees Sean hit Hannes in the face before Hannes retaliates and grapples him to the ground. It takes another crew member to split up the pair, while Sean repeatedly growls at Hannes saying: “Do you want to get killed? Do you want to get killed?” The fight kicks off after Hannes and co-worker Dean Gribble return to the boat after four hours frequenting the local bars. But their absence hasn’t gone unnoticed by...read more...
- 5/16/2017
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
For Deadliest Catch captain Sig Hansen, the end of Season 12 — and the crab-fishing season — couldn’t come soon enough. And who could blame him?
Not only were the crab particularly elusive, but there was a fire aboard Hansen’s boat, the Northwestern, and he suffered a heart attack at sea. Still, “at the end of the day,” he tells TVLine, “I think that I did fine.”
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Not only were the crab particularly elusive, but there was a fire aboard Hansen’s boat, the Northwestern, and he suffered a heart attack at sea. Still, “at the end of the day,” he tells TVLine, “I think that I did fine.”
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- 8/1/2016
- TVLine.com
"Deadliest Catch" captain Sean Dwyer was in hot water after officials discovered his crab fishing gear wasn't up to par ... TMZ has learned. According to court docs ... Alaska's Fish & Game officials busted Dwyer for having a crab pot on the F/V Brenna A with an undersized escape mechanism. For you landlubbers -- crab pots must have an 18" hatch held closed by biodegradable ties. It's designed to give crabs a chance to escape pots that get lost at sea.
- 6/24/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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