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Storage Wars Star Darrell Sheets Found Dead at 67 in Arizona Home

Investigators are treating the case as an apparent self-inflicted gunshot, with reported cyberbullying under review.

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Darrell Sheets at A&E Networks 2013 Upfront at Lincoln Center on May 8, 2013 in New York City.
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Darrell Sheets attends the A&E Networks 2013 Upfront at Lincoln Center on May 8, 2013, in New York City.

Overview

  • Lake Havasu City police found Sheets at his home around 2 a.m. Wednesday with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
  • The department’s Criminal Investigations Unit took over the case, and his body was transferred to the Mohave County Medical Examiner for further examination as the probe remains active.
  • Police confirmed they are looking into allegations of online harassment, after co-star Rene Nezhoda described recent cyberbullying aimed at Sheets.
  • Sheets, known as “The Gambler,” appeared in about 163 episodes of A&E’s Storage Wars from 2010 to 2023 and later ran the Havasu Show Me Your Junk antique shop in Lake Havasu City.
  • He suffered a heart attack in 2019, disclosed congestive heart failure and lung issues, and scaled back TV work before retiring from the series in 2023.