Erik Gates - The 47-year-old Erik Gates was walking across the roof of a building on which he and a colleague were working when he fell 30 feet to his death.
Erik Gates Mythbusters Accident
Erik Gates, a regular on the popular show MythBusters, has died following a thirty foot fall in a work-related accident.
Gates owned Gateco Electric and was working at a site when he fell through a skylight. Gates suffered blunt force chest injuries and died on Sunday. In an even sadder twist, Gates’ brother Dirk Gates is president and CEO of Xirrus, Inc.- the company that owns the site where his brother was killed.
Dirk and Erik Gates were active in rocketry and operated a website, Gates Brother Rocketry. It was Gates’ expertise in rockets that initiated his involvement with MythBusters.
Erik Gates appeared on four episodes of MythBusters as the shows “Amateur Rocket Expert.” He appeared on the initial pilot for the show in 2003, and in subsequent episodes Ming Dynasty Astronaut (2004,) Bullet Proof Water, 360 Degree Swing (2005,) and Confederate Rocket (2005.)
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