Yahoo Lifestyle ‘Deadliest Catch’ gives moving tribute to the late Nick McGlashan
It was an emotional episode of Deadliest Catch Tuesday, because cameras were rolling as the cast learned about the death of Nick McGlashan, just 36 hours before the start of a new fishing season. The 33-year-old fisherman died on December 27th in Tennessee of a drug overdose. The show opened with McGlashan’s captain and friend, “Wild” Bill Wichrowski, receiving the news via telephone.
With plans for a memorial service still up in the air at the time, Wichrowski organized a tribute to his late friend on the water. And he was very touched to see that every boat from the show was there to pay their respects.
The beautiful tribute, which also included Nick’s family in attendance, saw one last tossing of McGlashan’s hook into the water, and the firing off of expired flares so, as Bill put it, “Nick can see us.”
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- [INAUDIBLE] know that Nick died. He's dead.
KYLIE MAR: On an emotional episode of Deadliest Catch Tuesday, cameras were rolling just 36 hours before the start of the new season when the cast learned about the death of Nick McGlashan. The 33-year-old fisherman died on December 27th in Tennessee of a drug overdose. While his friends tried to come to grips with the news, there was an outpouring of emotion from viewers on Twitter as well, with comments like, drugs or not, Nick was a part of a Deadliest Catch family. I'd like to remember him for the deckhand deckboss that he was.
And, Nick was one of the good guys. My heart goes out to his family and to Wild Bill. And speaking of Wild Bill, the boss and father figure to Nick organized a tribute to his late friend on the water. And in what was an emotional moment, all the boats showed up to pay their respects.
- We're going to say goodbye to Nick McGlashan, but he'll always be with us. Love you, Nick. Love everything about you. I love you guys for coming in for this. I'm really blown away. Thank you.
- [CRYING] Damn you.
KYLIE MAR: The beautiful tribute, which also included Nick's family in attendance, saw one last tossing of Nick's hook into the water and the firing off of expired flares so, as Bill put it, Nick can see us.
- For Nick.
[CHEERING]
- Yeah, brother!
KYLIE MAR: And the show ended with one last reminder of the bond that Bill had with his deckhand.
- I'm [? just ?] thankful for what we got. Like a family, and some pretty good friends. You're one of them, Nick. Thanks for keeping us safe. Love you, man.
