{"id":500241,"date":"2026-03-03T01:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T01:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/500241\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T01:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T01:14:07","slug":"deadliest-catch-star-todd-meadows-dead-at-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/500241\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Deadliest Catch&#8217; star Todd Meadows dead at 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cDeadliest Catch\u201d star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/03\/02\/todd-meadows-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Todd Meadows died last week<\/a> in an incident at sea. He was 25 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Aleutian Lady captain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/captainrick.shelford\/posts\/pfbid02E8oxY6Sgrkw8gkg1T6odMWjoSdUyvt4N3FfDvo5PWx9m4a3X3pfPbF8D8rhqd7TEl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Rick Shelford wrote in a Facebook post<\/a> that the incident happened Feb. 25 while the ship was crab fishing on the Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTodd was the newest member of our crew, he quickly became family. His love for fishing and his strong work ethic earned everyone\u2019s respect right away,\u201d Shelford wrote. \u201cHis smile was contagious, and the sound of his laughter coming up the wheelhouse stairs or over the deck hailer is something we will carry with us always.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTodd\u2019s love for his children, his family, and his life was evident in everything he did. He worked hard, loved deeply, and brought joy to those around him,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>According to TMZ, the death occurred while a film crew was on the ship but it\u2019s unknown whether Meadows\u2019 incident was captured by cameras.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are deeply saddened by the tragic passing of Todd Meadows,\u201d a spokesperson for Discovery Channel told the gossip site. \u201cThis is a devastating loss, and our hearts are with his loved ones, his crewmates, and the entire fishing community during this incredibly difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeadliest Catch\u201d premiered on the network in 2005, with season 21 concluding last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cDeadliest Catch\u201d star Todd Meadows died last week in an incident at sea. He was 25 years old.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":500242,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[88,2558,85625,92],"class_list":["post-500241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-latest-headlines","tag-snyde","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}