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Darrell Sheets, the longtime star of “Storage Wars,” has died at the age of 67 at his home in western Arizona, local police said.
According to the Lake Havasu Police Department, authorities found Sheets dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in her home in the city around 2 a.m. on Wednesday, April 22.
The department said in a news release that his death remains under investigation and his body was taken to the Mohave County Coroner’s Office. Lake Havasu Police are asking anyone with information to call them at (928) 855-1171.
Network A&E, which aired “Storage Wars” for more than 17 seasons, said in a statement to USA TODAY: “We are saddened by the passing of Darrell the Gambler Sheets, a beloved member of the Storage Wars family. Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones during this difficult time.”
Before moving to Lake Havasu City, Sheets was born in California in 1958 and rose to television fame through the popular reality series that followed the purchasers of abandoned, unopened vaults in Southern California as they competed to acquire their valuable contents. He was given the nickname “The Gambler” in the series due to his tendency to make risky purchases during auctions.
Sheets appeared in episode 163 of Storage Wars, which first aired in 2010, but has only appeared sporadically in the latest season since revealing he suffered a heart attack in 2019. After quitting the locker trade, he moved to Arizona and ran an antique store.
According to his bio on the website Storage Wars, he loved the “high prices” of storage auctions for 32 years.
“All I collect these days are dead presidents,” he said in his bio.
He is the father of two, including daughter Tiffany Shane Sheets and son Brandon Sheets, who also followed in their father’s footsteps on the A&E series. Sheets’ bio says he wanted to share with Brandon the “adventure and education” of buying storage.
