Deadliest Catch Captain, Phil Harris has died

[Raph's Girl]

On Jan 29th Captain Phil suffered a stroke while at port. Thankfully they were at port so he was taken to a hospital quickly. A day later he underweant surgery and was placed in a coma. He woke up from it last week and was doing fine. But I guess it was all still too much for him and he passed away tonight.

Here's statements from the Discovery channel and Phil's sons:

It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to our dad – Captain Phil Harris. Dad has always been a fighter and continued to be until the end. For us and the crew, he was someone who never backed down. We will remember and celebrate that strength. Thanks to everyone for their thoughts and prayers. - Jake and Josh Harris

Discovery mourns the loss of dear friend and colleague Captain Phil Harris. He was more than someone on our television screen. Phil was a devoted father and loyal friend to all who knew him. We will miss his straightforward honesty, wicked sense of humor and enormous heart. We share our tremendous sadness over this loss with the millions of viewers who followed Phil’s every move. We send our thoughts and prayers to Phil’s sons Josh and Jake and the Cornelia Marie crew.

Captain Phil was one of my fave captains on Deadliest Catch. It definatly won't be the same without him.

http://www.fvnorthwestern.com/site/2...g-phil-harris/
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/...pt_phil_harris

[Machias Banshee]

This is so sad... My family Loves this show. It just won't be the same without him..

My question is, what will happen with the Cornelia Marie? Will Jake and Josh take ownership and do a team-up captain situation like the guys on the Time Bandit? Or will they have someone else do it?

[Raph's Girl]

Originally Posted by Machias Banshee

This is so sad... My family Loves this show. It just won't be the same without him..

My question is, what will happen with the Cornelia Marie? Will Jake and Josh take ownership and do a team-up captain situation like the guys on the Time Bandit? Or will they have someone else do it?

Jake and Josh IMO aren't ready to captain the ship. ATM they have a friend captaining the ship (Murray Gamrath, who Captained it when Phil had the blood clot scare a couple seasons back). It all depends I guess on what Cornelia Marie Devlin says since she owns the ship.

[saiyan_monkey]

Thats sad alright. The show wont be the same without him on it and I hate it on normal tv shows when people are replaced.