Mythbusters’ Erik Gates Passes Away

Mythbusters’ Erik Gates Passes Away

Posted on December 30, 2009
Category: Celebrity News

Mythbusters’ Erik Gates Passes Away

Ace Films and Celebrity News brings you another great celebrity story hot off the press!

Erik Gates, who made numerous appearances on the show Mythbusters, died recently after a freak accident in which he fell 30 feet from a building to his death.

Mythbusters is a Discovery Channel favorite and Erik Gates made regular visits to the show, where he also founded a website dedicated to his rocketry work.

Not many details are available at this time, but it is believed that Gates was walking across the roof of a building which he and a colleague were working on.

Reports are suggesting that Erik Gates fell through a skylight and suffered blunt force injuries, which he was then taken to hospital and later passed away.

This tragic loss of life is just the latest in a long string of sad celebrity deaths of 2009. We wish Erik’s family and friends the best as they cope with his loss.