Thursday, December 31, 2009

Mythbuster Erik Gates Dead After 30-Foot Fall


By Alicia Cruz
Theblackurbantimes

Media outlets have learned that Mythbuster and amateur rocket expert, Erik Gates has died after a freak accident on December 20, 2009.

Apparently Gates was working atop of a roof in a building in Newbury Park, California, doing electrical work when he fell through a skylight falling 30 feet to his death.

Gates, who ran Gates Brothers Rocketry along with his brother, was 47 and leaves behind a wife and three children. The Discovery Channel reality show paid a tribute to Gates during the Monday, December 28 episode.


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