{"id":2313018,"date":"2026-03-04T23:40:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T23:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2313018"},"modified":"2026-03-04T23:40:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T23:40:37","slug":"deadliest-catch-star-todd-meadows-sister-breaks-silence-on-his-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/deadliest-catch-star-todd-meadows-sister-breaks-silence-on-his-death\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Deadliest Catch\u2019 star Todd Meadows\u2019 sister breaks silence on his death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Todd Meadows\u2019 sister, Mackenzie Meadows, said that \u201cno words put together can even describe the pain we\u2019re going through,\u201d following the death of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/02\/celebrity-news\/deadliest-catch-star-dead-at-25\/\">the \u201cDeadliest Catch\u201d star at age 25.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis boys will see him through pictures, and we will see him through his boys,\u201d Mackenzie continued to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/deadliest-catchs-todd-meadows-sister-talks-about-his-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Us Weekly<\/a> on Tuesday.  <\/p>\n<p>Todd\u2019s father, Lucas Meadows, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alaskasnewssource.com\/2026\/03\/03\/deadliest-catch-crew-member-dies-during-seasons-filming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told Alaska\u2019s News Source<\/a> that same day that his son \u201cgot involved with fishing with me probably from the time he was 3. It\u2019s been a passion of his, his whole life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reality star\u2019s parents said that Todd worked for a charter fishing boat in northern Washington for many years before coming aboard the Aleutian Lady.   <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><figcaption>Mackenzie Meadows, the sister of Todd Meadows, pictured above in a snap at work, opened up about her brother\u2019s tragic death at 25. <span class=\"credit\">GoFundMe<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Mackenzie said her brother, who is pictured at sea above, will have his legacy shine through his three sons. <span class=\"credit\">Todd Meadows\/Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>His dad, Lucas, said that fishing was a \u201cpassion\u201d for Meadows, all his life.  <span class=\"credit\">GoFundMe<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cHe had a smile on his face the whole time,\u201d Lucas recalled. \u201cGood day, bad day, didn\u2019t matter. He always had a smile. He loved to fish and loved to watch other people fish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wanted to own a boat one day and be the captain,\u201d Todd\u2019s mother, Angela added. \u201cWhen he sets his mind to something, I mean, he just doesn\u2019t give up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Meadows said Todd joined the Aleutian Lady through a friend, but wasn\u2019t thrilled with having to go crabbing for the Discovery Channel show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey would have to stop everything they were doing, re-film stuff just for the show, which really irritated him,\u201d Lucas divulged. \u201cHe just wanted to work.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The reality star\u2019s mom, Angela, said her son, pictured posing above, \u201cwanted to own a boat one day and be the captain.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Todd Meadows\/Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Todd was filming \u201cDeadliest Catch\u201d at the time of his death. <span class=\"credit\">Todd Meadows\/Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cHe loved to fish and watch other people fish,\u201d said his father.  <span class=\"credit\">Discovery<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Following news of Todd\u2019s tragic passing, his friends and family launched a\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/honoring-todd-morgan-meadows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GoFundMe<\/a>\u00a0to support his three boys.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want his memory to be a good memory everywhere,\u201d Angela explained. \u201cIt never mattered what anybody had to say about him, good or bad. He wasn\u2019t out there to make friends. He wasn\u2019t out there to click with people. He was just out there to work and to do what he loved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, a spokesperson for the<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/03\/celebrity-news\/tragic-details-of-deadliest-catch-star-todd-meadows-death-revealed\/\"> U.S. Coast Guard confirmed to Page Six<\/a> that on Feb. 25, Todd had fallen overboard approximately 170 miles north of Dutch Harbor.<\/p>\n<p>The fisherman was recovered from the water by crew members about 10 minutes later. He was unresponsive, so they administered first aid and attempted to resuscitate him but were unsuccessful. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Lucas said Todd, pictured on a boat above, \u201cjust wanted to work,\u201d and didn\u2019t love filming the show. <span class=\"credit\">Todd Meadows\/Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Todd\u2019s friends and family launched a\u00a0GoFundMe\u00a0to support his three boys, one of which he is pictured with above.  <span class=\"credit\">Todd Meadows\/Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The crew was filming the reality fishing show at the time of his tragic passing. <\/p>\n<p>The USCG spokesperson said that the organization is currently investigating the situation, which is standard protocol with all marine casualties and accidents. <\/p>\n<p>Captain\u00a0Rick Shelford first announced the deckhand\u2019s death in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/captainrick.shelford\/posts\/898155459760463?ref=embed_post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a heartbreaking Facebook post<\/a> over the weekend, describing it as \u201cthe most tragic day in the history of the Aleutian Lady on the Bering Sea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Bering Sea is known as one of the most dangerous bodies of water in the world due to its shallow depth and extremely cold sea temperatures.  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>A spokesperson for the U.S. Coast Guard told Page Six that the deckhand, seen above on a boat, had fallen overboard approximately 170 miles north of Dutch Harbor. <span class=\"credit\">GoFundMe<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><figcaption>A network source said that despite filming Todd crabbing, as he is seen doing above, at the time of the accident, shooting for the season has finished. <span class=\"credit\">GoFundMe<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In his post, Rick remembered Tim as a \u201cbrother.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Trey John Green III, who was aboard the fishing vessel when the accident occurred claimed to us on Tuesday that filming would pick back up this week. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are just touching home for 2-3 days then heading back to Dutch [Harbor in Alaska] to finish the season,\u201d Green stated, noting that \u201cDiscovery was filming\u201d when the incident occurred.<\/p>\n<p>However, a network source told us that they were at the end of the production cycle when the accident occurred \u2014 noting that the Aleutian Lady was the last of the Season 22 vessels still at sea.<\/p>\n<p>The insider insisted that filming for the season is now wrapped.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Todd Meadows\u2019 sister, Mackenzie Meadows, said that \u201cno words put together can even describe the pain we\u2019re going through,\u201d following the death of the \u201cDeadliest Catch\u201d star at age 25. \u201cHis boys will see him through pictures, and we will see him through his boys,\u201d Mackenzie continued to Us Weekly on Tuesday. 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