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Pedal To The Metal - News That Moves You (BETA) » News » December 2009 » This myth will not be busted - Eric Gates Dies in freak accident

This myth will not be busted - Eric Gates Dies in freak accident

Posted by: Jon Maor on: 12/30/2009 11:27 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]



Erik Gates was a regular guest on the popular Discovery Channel show, MythBusters. Gates owned Gateco Electric and was working at a site when he fell 30 feet to his death through a skylight of a building he was working on. Gates died Sunday, December 27 after suffering blunt force chest injuries in the fall. MythBusters fans as well as the cast of MythBusters have been using Twitter to send their condolences about the freak accident that ended the life of Erik Gates, 47.

The building where Erik Gates fell and later died is owned by Gates’ brother,Dirk Gates, who is president and CEO of Xirrus, Inc.

MythBusters is a show that is on each Wednesday where cast members work on "separating truth from urban legend" on each episode. The cast features Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage. Erik Gates was a regular guest on the show as an "honorary MythBuster. A Rocketry expert, Erik provided rockets and his rocketry expertise in several myths, starting with the very first experiment—the legend of the Jet Assisted Take-Off Chevy Impala.

The official Twitter page for the Mythbusters show expressed sadness over the passing of Erik Gates:

"Team MB wishes to express our deepest sympathies on the passing of our beloved rocket expert, Erik.

You were an honorary MythBuster and will be sorely missed."

Source: This myth will not be busted - Eric Gates Dies in freak accident

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