{"id":111414,"date":"2009-12-29T01:11:20","date_gmt":"2009-12-29T06:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.celebritysmackblog.com\/?p=38409"},"modified":"2009-12-29T01:11:20","modified_gmt":"2009-12-29T06:11:20","slug":"erik-gates-mythbusters-regular-dead-at-47","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/111414","title":{"rendered":"Erik Gates, Mythbusters Regular, Dead at 47"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.celebritysmackblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/erik-gates-mythbusters-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38410\" title=\"erik-gates-mythbusters-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.celebritysmackblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/erik-gates-mythbusters-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"346\" height=\"263\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Erik Gates\/ Mythbusters<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Erik Gates, a regular on the show <em>Mythbusters<\/em>, was killed in a freak accident on December \u00a020th after falling 30-feet to his death.<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.celebritysmackblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/ErikGates.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-38411\" title=\"ErikGates\" src=\"http:\/\/www.celebritysmackblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/ErikGates-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Gates was walking on the roof of a building <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vcstar.com\/news\/2009\/dec\/21\/worker-who-died-in-fall-in-newbury-park\/\" >when he accidentally fell<\/a> through a skylight. He was conscious and talking just after the accident, but died later at the hospital of blunt chest injuries. Gates owned the company, Gateco Electric, and was working on-site when the accident happened. The building he was working on was owned by his brother, Dirk Gates, president and CEO of Xirrus, Inc. Erik and Dirk ran the web site, Gates Brothers Rocketry. Sadly, it seems the site has since been taken down.<\/p>\n<p>Xirrus Inc,&#8217;s Chief Financial Officer, Steve DeGennaro commented on Gates&#8217; untimely death saying, \u201cHe was a good guy. He survived cancer, he jumps with parachutes, he base jumps. He\u2019s an active guy who was used to taking precautions. 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