Deadliest Catch star Nick Mavar dead at 59: TV star passes away after suffering ‘medical emergency’
Deadliest Catch star Nick Mavar has died at the age of 59.
The former F/V Northwestern sailor died Thursday afternoon after a medical emergency in Naknek, Alaska, Bristol Bay Borough police confirmed. TMZ.
Mavar’s family has been notified and police are conducting interviews but would not reveal the nature of the medical emergency.
He appeared in 98 episodes of Deadliest Catch from 2005 to 2021, which follows crab fishermen aboard fishing vessels in the Bering Sea.
He also starred in numerous spin-off series, including Deadliest Catch: Siberian Winter and Deadliest Catch: The Bait.
Deadliest Catch star Nick Mavar has died at the age of 59 after a medical emergency
Mavar is seen well with the Deadliest Catch crew – including Captain Sig Hansen (center) who he would later sue
He married wife Julie in August 2021.
Mavar left the show after suffering a ruptured appendix during a trip in December 2020 – which was chronicled in one of his final episodes.
He sued Captain Sig Hansen and his wife June, claiming there was a delay in removing him from medical treatment during the pandemic. Mavar sought $1 million in damages.
Per ADNMavar’s complaint alleged that a “delay in competent and adequate examination, testing and diagnosis” led to a ruptured appendix and the discovery of a cancerous tumor.
The original complaint alleged, “The lack of a plan for outside medical care led to the ‘inability to ensure that plaintiff was promptly taken to Dutch Harbor Medical Clinic for an examination and assessment of the patient’s medical condition plaintiff.”
It also alleged that the delayed care caused the rupture, leading to infections, surgeries and cancer treatments that “would not have occurred if the appendix had been removed before the rupture.”
Hansen said the blame was not solely his and singled out the manufacturing company and the medical subcontractor.
In May 2023, Northwestern’s owners sought damages and legal and medical payments related to Mavar’s injuries.
In recent years, Mavar captained his own salmon boat in Alaska’s Bristol Bay.
Nick is pictured with his wife Julie in a 2022 social media post
The former F/V Northwestern sailor died Thursday afternoon after a medical emergency in Naknek, Alaska, Bristol Bay Borough police confirmed to TMZ — he is seen with his father in his last Instagram post in December
Mavar is pictured with Julie at their wedding in August 2021
