Phil Harris Deadliest Catch Cause Of Death

Phillip Charles Harris was an American captain and part owner of the crab fishing vessel Cornelia Marie, which is featured on Discovery Channel’s documentary reality TV series Deadliest Catch.

Phil Harris started fishing with his father at age eight and after high school began crab fishing.

Phil Harris initially worked on a crab boat as an unpaid deckhand until he proved his worth.

By the time Phil Harris was 21 years, he was one of the youngest crab fishing boat captains on the Bering Sea and he was the captain of the Cornelia Marie for more than 20 years at the time of his death.

From 2004 and until his death, Phil Harris and his boat were followed by an embedded film crew for the series Deadliest Catch.

The Cornelia Marie was first shown during the opilio crab portion of Season 1, as partner ship of the F/V Maverick.

The Cornelia Marie was heavily involved in search efforts for the Big Valley after it sank. It became a regular fixture of the show from the second season on.

Phil Harris suffered a stroke during the sixth televised opilio crab season of Deadliest Catch when he was offloading crab on January 29, 2010, at St. Paul Island, Alaska.

Phil Harris was flown to Anchorage for surgery, and was placed in an induced coma to reduce intracranial pressure and swelling.

Phil Harris awoke from the coma after his condition improved and was squeezing hands, talking, and showing other signs of improvement.

This led to Phil Harris’s doctors being amazed by his rapid improvement, saying that he was making gains in a few days that usually take months for stroke victims.

Surprisingly, Phil Harris died from an intracranial hemorrhage on February 9, 2010.