Posted on February 19, 2010 - by Morgan Howard
The Brave Last Days of Capt. Phil
This article comes from People magazine
Before his death on Feb. 9 at 53, Phil Harris, the tough and colorful captain of the Cornelia Marie on Discovery’s Deadliest Catch, fought against all odds, came out of a medically-induced coma following lengthy surgery, spent a few more days with friends and family – and set his two sons on a course for a strong future.
“I think that miraculous recovery that happened so rapidly and blew the doctors’ minds away was so that he could say the things that he had to say to the people he had to say them to,” says Dan Mittman, Harris’s best friend for 36 years.
As Harris recovered from his recent stroke at an Anchorage hospital, “I got five days to actually talk with him,” says son Josh, 26. “We had nine days total that we were there to enjoy a few moments with him. We had our closest people there and it was awesome. ”
Coping with Pain
Phil Harris began this January’s opilio crab-fishing season dealing with injury and concerns about his health on the high seas, according to friends and family. “You talk about pain,” says Josh, “but my dad had four crushed disks in his back, so he had been in pain the whole trip and that affected his fishing, too.”
According to Todd Stanley, the Catch producer and cameraman who’d spent years with Harris, “he seemed like he’d just gotten tireder and tireder. I mean, his pulmonary embolism [in 2008] really did it in for him.”
After hurricane-force winds knocked Harris from his bunk to a desk two years ago, and Stanley and the men on the boat forced Harris back to port to address his blood clot and bad health, the man who had an on-the-job habit of smoking cigarettes, eating high-calorie diets with his crew, drinking cases of Red Bull and downing pots of coffee knew he had to alter his lifestyle.
“He did cut back on energy drinks, quite a bit from what he’d usually do,” says Josh, “but [doctors] have determined that smoking was the cause of this, and that was always his biggest habit. He had changed a lot of his habits but just could never kick the smoking. He started working with that electronic cigarette but, not used to it, he didn’t know how to charge it. He just kept smoking.”
‘Just Paralyzed’
While off-loading crab in Alaska on Jan. 29, Cornelia Marie engineer Steve Ward found Phil Harris on the floor of his room, unable to move. Harris called for son Josh, who in turn, got Todd Stanley to stay with him while Josh called 911.
“The whole left side of his face was in paralysis, and that was hard,” Josh says. “He couldn’t move his arms or anything, he was just paralyzed on the floor.”
After being treated “damn near two years to the day,” says Josh, at the same St. Paul Sound clinic that helped him with his blood clot, Phil was medivacked to a hospital in Anchorage and underwent a long operation.
Crucial Days in Anchorage
A few days after Jan. 31, Phil Harris came out of a medically induced coma and right away started asking for friends to spend time with him.
“Phil and I have sat up and had many arguments about what it is to produce a good story,” says cameraman Stanley. “When he called me into the room that day, after 20 minutes of trying to understand what he was saying, because he could barely talk, he scribbled on a piece of paper, ‘Got to get the ending, ending to the story.’ I said, ‘Do you want me filming?’ He just looked at me with those blue eyes, man, and he was shaking his head yes, and shaking his hand with excitement.”
‘So He Could Be at Peace’
In the four days prior to his death, “he was Phil,” says Mittman. “We sat up and talked until midnight, not constantly because of catnaps, but that was our quiet time away from the cameras. We talked in detail, and he had regrets, and he shared them with me and he probably shared them with his sons. He accomplished what he needed to get done so he could be at peace.”
Harris talked to younger son Jake, 24, whom he told PEOPLE in 2008 “has fishing in his blood,” about the business. “I’m going to be looking at that [captain's] chair in a different way,” Jake says. “We definitely talked about it, but I just didn’t expect this to happen so soon. That’s definitely something where I would take over and take the responsibility.”
As for his older son, “he told me to get out of fishing,” Josh says. “I do love fishing, don’t get me wrong, but it was one of those deals where he wanted to see me do something better. He gave me the encouragement. My life goal was to show him I could be a man, you know, and I could fish, and I did the best job that I could, and he recognized that as being a good job and gave me kudos.”
But on Feb. 9, after walking for a bit and working on physical therapy, Phil Harris sat down in his bed next to best friend Dan Mittman to take a break. “He said, ‘Danny, I don’t feel as good as I did yesterday,’ ” Mittman recalls. “They rolled about five doctors through there and they said, ‘You can stay here,’ but, I understood, though.”
Later that day, Phil died with his closest family and friends surrounding him.
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August 4, 2010
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Cindy said:
Joe, who died and left you boss over this forum. I think you are a little touched in the head. You think that people should only think your way and your way only. I want to enlighten you. This is America and I can text to this forum on my cell that I bought anytime I want to. I don’t need your approval,thank you very much. You have been steadily badgering Capt. Phil on how YOU percieved he lived. Let it go.
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Cindy said:
Joe, all I will say is I’ll pray for you. You can’t understand how all these people on this forum don’t think like you. Most people with your condition can’t. I’m taking the high road. (and not the high that obviously stays on your mind). I was taught not to argue with an idiot, because it is hard for others to tell which one is the idiot. I also know when all the other posters gets tired of you wanting to have the last word on every thing that you will have to get your kicks somewhere else. RIP Capt Phil, too bad there is not a lot of men like you for us to look up to.
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Sue said:
Joe, I have also gave my all to family an son an rest of the family also as we lost my mom early. I being the oldest of 6 kids. I’am sorry but i can not agree with you either. I also remember the part after Phil the first gut shot reaction being tired no sleep pain an try’n to make it for other familys. Telling Jake he would go with him he just wanted him to have a normal good life an would do whatever it took to help his son an he loved him!!!!! He stopped everything went to port to get hos son the help he needed!!! So yes thats a role a model i want for my kids also. So he made mistakes early in life. I soppose your perfect an have never ever done anything you regret. Well than good for you!!!! But shut your mouth about people you have never meet. Phil didnt get to help his son as he lost his life first. I know people who dont work or care about their kids for goodness sakes take drugs dont work just care about themselfs. Phil was not like that or a saint no one here said he was at all. But he was honest true love’n an worked hard all his life an above all loved his boys an family an friends. I’am so glad your perfect in all ways. But cutting people down for their mistakes. Oh yes an if he was just acting!!!! Do you really think he would of had that all in there. Give us a break dang man. The best capt has lost his life his sons lost their dad an good one at that i would be proud to of called him mine. He was a honest person with faults like the rest of us but you an your family i guess as you are in the right footsteps as you an your family have never ever done any wrong in life!!!!! Hmmmm you must be god as you can judge an say your perfect an all your family. So yes Phil in my eyes was a great dad friend capt an person if anything i learned he worked hard loved his family an did anything he could for others also with a big heart. But he also made mistakes. We loved him for being honest steady good man on the sea an father to wonderful young men.
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Sue said:
Rip Phil To Josh an Jake i wish you luck your in your my prayers always. Your dad was a good man an loved you both. To Jake on the northwestern i pray for you also an your dad. An all the crews. Cant people like Joe who seem to be god an master of the forum be banned from here. He seems to belive he an his family are perfect an everyone else is crazy an bad in some shape or form. An must cut down the dead because he can not match whits with the liveing.
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Sue said:
Ok ass shut that hole in your f’n face an my son is grown an his dad was shot an killed while i was holding his arm ok. My son was only 6 months old we were robbed.My son is hard working good man now 25. You have no clue what a hard life is you jerk. I have worked hard all my life had to quit school to care for my smaller bro’s an sis. I have had 14 major operations an can hardly walk. So yes i have not had alot of school or money but i’am a good honest person who has problems an is not god like you feel you are. Phil is gone an his sons are still here dont you have any respect for the dead or those left behind who are still hurting. Go to hell you know it all jerk. Find a life besides bashing people who do know we have done some things wrong. But you your just a first class ass. I may not be smart but i would rather have a dad like hil than a a smart ass know it all like you ever!!!!Who cuts down people who are not even alive to defend themselfs or would you care to cut down my late husband for something also. By the way he was 23 than an saved my life the bullet went threw him an parts into me an our baby. Any wise words god???? I have the best i can for my family an i’am honest dont drink do drugs but my husband was killed from no fault of his own or mine. By the way they got 22 dollors an took his life an part of mine that day an my sons forever. I would rather be honest an good person with faults. Than a man who who cuts the dead down an others. When he feels he is perfect. But truth be told your just a perfect ass!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So if you must keep cutting down the dead an me an others go right ahead. Time for bed for me i do have a life.
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Sue said:
No i asked if people who are like you can be banned. You better check that again mr perfect. Good night all. Except mr perfect i hope you fall off the earth tonight. Your just a perfect ass without respect for others. I do not care what they did or do your not judge an jury. Nor is anyone else on earth thats god job sorry. But i do belive there is more that would like to see you gone than here sir. My vote is for you to banned. Remember just a vote i’am not god like you sir or perfect.
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Sue said:
May god watch over all the crews an boats every place on the sea. May he comfort the hurting an those who have lost someone. Capt Phil i admired your being honest an true man to yourself. The love you showed your sons an crew family an friends. Rip Phil we miss you. Josh an Jake hold your dads memory in your hearts an smile. All my best to you always. He fought until the very end to stay with you a while longer he loved you both. You could tell he was proud of the men you both became.
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None Ya Business said:
Joe, it has been brought to the webmaster of this site that they should shut this forum down due to your stupidity. You have ruined what was suppose to be a way of people to say good bye, instead you have made it your personal rant page. YOU HAVE RUINED IT FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD.
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Cindy said:
Sue, sweet comment you made to Phil’s family. I agree.
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Ocean Queen said:
Joe~~~
YOU ARE A SICK, SICK MAN. YOU HAVE INSULTED NUMEROUS PEOPLE ON THIS SITE, NOT TO MENTION THE MEMORY OF A GREAT MAN AND HIS SURVIVING CHILDREN. YOU HAVE ALSO INSULTED, MULTIPLE TIMES, A MINISTER. I KNOW HER AND HER HUSBAND AND HER CHILDREN. SHE IS ABSOLUTELY CONTRARY TO THE TYPE OF PERSON YOU SO IGNORANTLY AND RUDELY ACCUSE HER TO BE. YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF. IF ALL YOU HAVE TO DO WITH YOUR PITIFUL LIFE IS GO ON LINE AND BULLY PEOPLE, YOU SHOULD THINK OF FINDING SOMETHING MORE PRODUCTIVE TO DO. YOU SICKEN ME AND THIS SITE SHOULD INDEED BE SHUT DOWN BEFORE YOU DO ANY FURTHER DAMAGE. MAY OUR LORD BLESS CAPTAIN PHIL AND THE HARRIS’S…..YOU HAVE A LOT TO LEARN MISTER…GOD HELP YOUR CHILDREN AND WIFE (IF YOU HAVE ANY). KEEP YOUR OPINIONS TO YOURSELF IF YOU HAVE NOTHING POSITIVE OR PRODUCTIVE TO SAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Ocean Queen said:
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Joe, I might add, thanks for RUINING a good thing. It is therepeutic for people who have jointly shared a loss to be able to talk about it an honor a person. To the monitors of this blog: is it at all possible to have a page where we all can continue to share happy thoughts about Phil and yet BAN an rude and offensive person? …Because this site is GREAT otherwise!
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August 5, 2010
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Sue said:
First Off Joe! We are not your Babes! You are the one who can not accept how we feel as you can see your here still pushing your opion on us. Telling us all how stupid an simple we are. Yes my mother would be proud of me. I never stood up for myself. But you sir have me mad. So yes i told you off an feel you should be or banned. You have no respect for the dead or those left behind. Phil was an is a honest true an hard working man. His sons have every right to be proud of their dad. But you sir have to cut people down when they are no longer here. The rest of us in the world who loved an want to honor this should be able to without you in our face every post. I could care less what you think of Phil. But his family an friends come here sir. So do many others who loved him. You seem to always cut us down because we do not feel like you do. Well than sir you should not be here plain an simple. Keep your mouth shut deal with it that he was loved respected an honored here. You say i’am classless lol take a good look in the mirror buddy. A grown man who cuts down the dead. Cuts down everyone here is classless. I may be simple an not well schooled but i have a heart an feel for people. You say Phil was harsh on his son you would never do that. Well sir what are you doing to those young men here an us. Have a ounce of feeling for his family an friends an the rest of us. A true classless humen being you are. An you wonder why people swear at you well you are hurting those young men an the rest of his loved ones here. An all of us who have tryed to defend them from a classless jerk with a simple lack of respect for the dead an those left behind who are still in pain from a great loss. Please Jake an Josh stand with your head high an know your dad loved yous. I could see it in the way you all took care of each other. Looked at each other an what was said. How very proud of you both he was an the love he had for you both an only wanted the best for you both ever. Please leave us simple minded an respectful people of this good man alone here. You made your point many times an cut many down. We dont want to hear your crap anymore. Most people come here to honor Phil an his sons the family an fleet. If you can not stop yourself from attacking us. A man who is dead that we want to honor to bad. We all know you feel your perfect an above all of us low life sinners right. Your able to judge Phil an all of us. Tell us how bad of a person we are. How you an your family are all following your foot steps well sir i’am proud to say i’am one who is not. Nor would ever want to be. I may sin live simple work hard. Honor a honest an good man who made mistakes like we all do. Oh yes an i’am so sorry when i was on last night i may have heart problems an due to a lack of h2o i didnt get out what i ment to. But there again i’am not perfect. I can not help that my heart does not beat right an lose where i’am an pass out even. Hope your health is perfect also like you seem to think you an yours are. In short please keep your comments about us an phil to yourself we do not want to hear how bad we are an he was. We have heard way more than enough from you so has his family an loved ones. Who should have sopport love an respect here. Not your cut downs of Phil. Or us for that matter. There are many people here who feel as i do please shut up!!!!!!!! This is place to honor a man not cut down eveyone who is here to do that. We know you feel he was a good actor an good for the show. But see your wrong there it was true an straight from the heart not actors but their lives an their father son an family an friends an job on the sea thats a very hard one at that. He was honest man that is more than i can say for you Joe. As you feel we are simple stupid sinners who do not follow your foot steps that are soppose to be perfect but are from it. I’am sure you post again as you feel you are so much better than us all. An try to bring down a memory of a hard working good honest man. Also us simple stupid sinners. May god forgive your holy stand from up where you have placed yourself. There was comment on my post to Phil dropped everything to take his son back an get him the help he needed an the love after the blow up also. You are the one who can not handle the truth as no comment there but cut downs alot. We are not perfect an say so at least. I will not be back on here for a few days as i have a operation today. So slam me all you want. May god be with all the Jake an Josh an those on the sea always. Capt Phil may your pots be full the wind at your back the sun shine on your face the sea be calm always. You will be missed always.
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jackie said:
RIP Capt. Phil!
You will be greatly missed by you family and friends. There have been mention of your mistakes that you made in your life and thats just what they are MISTAKES. Everyone has made mistakes and we all learn from them and thats what makes you a better person. You did your best to be there for your boys. They know that you loved them no matter what was happening. they have become stronger because of what you went through and taught them.
May you rest in peace Phil and always be looking down on your boys and help guide them through this tough time that they are going through. You were taken from their life when they needed you the most. May your spirit keep them going!
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Frannie67 said:
You are correct Jackie, and all the other people on this page who have shown love and support for Phil and his boys… Let’s simply IGNORE anyone else who has made disrespectful and disheartening statements here. Phil will be missed beyond words. May he rest in peace and continue to live on in his family, friends, fans, and all those he inspired to be brave and UN-selfish in their actions and loving with their hearts and souls. There are absolutely no living human beings in the world who have not made mistakes, so who cares! Phil was HUMAN and this is precisely what made him so ENDEARING! God bless him and his family. Jake and Josh, stay strong- even those whom you do not know love and pray for you both!
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Delena Meredith said:
To all of you that loved Captain Phil Harris i agree with you 100% about Joe you need to keep your mouth shut if you can’t say any thing good about people just don’t say anything. I will miss his laugh and the way he liked to be a big clown at time’s. I know that he was a good father who loved his son’s. Jason
and Jake if you want to follow in your dad’s food step’s just remember what he has showed you and follow your heart’s because he will alway’s be looking down on you both. I will keep praying for you and your family’s and the sea family’s. Just remember that the other captain’s will be there for you both. Also i truely beleive that the crew and discover channel will also be there for you all’ When the new season start’s again i will be there ready to watch. I will keep you in my pray’s . Jake your dad would be so proud of you for going back to the re-habit just take one day at a time. And remember that your dad is walking with you in spirit. I will alway’s be glad that you and jason was with him. i didn’t get to be with my dad. So stay strong and be there for each other he would want that. God Bless You All.
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Gina said:
Joe…from what I can see you seem to be the one whose freaking out on here. So far all I’ve read is you insulting people left and right. Grow up and get over your issues. Regardless of what Phil Harris was like or how he lived his life the fact is that the man lived it, not you… and in the end maybe he regretted some of it. But that’s HIS business and HIS decisions, not yours…he does not (nor does his family) answer to you. He shouldn’t have to keep paying for bad/poor decisions in his life because of a misinformed and bitter person like yourself…he had the time (thank god) to be able to try and make things “right” in his heart and in his families members hearts. To me, that’s all that matters is that the ones who knew him and loved him (and he loved) KNEW IT when he passed so they can go on with their lives without wondering how he truly felt about them.
Keep in mind…he, the other people on the show and the families CHOSE to allow us the privilege of seeing their lives…lets let him go out in peace the way he deserves shall we.
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Gina said:
On another note, I do want to say that I was very saddened to hear of Phil Harris’ passing. I regrettfully only began watching this show this season and wish I would have had the chance to really see Phil at his best. He will be missed by everyone. I wish his family all the best (especially Josh and Jake) and hope that they are able to take away many wonderful memories with Phil.
RIP Phil Harris, may you find calm seas and peaceful memories.
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Julz said:
I just wanted to add that my father died last year of a tragic car accident. He was 61. He left behin 3 grandchildren that will miss him dearly as well as the rest of his family and friends. I mention this because of a couple recent remarks about Cpt Phil not being the best dad until his last days. My father was a terrible father to me when I was growing up. He gambled two homes away, cheated on my mother, was never around, etc. etc. However, As time went by one has to decide to forgive and forget. Forgetting is sometimes hard, but I could not have asked for a better grandfather to my son. So….Cpt Phil might have taken 20+ years to apologize to his sons, but I say better late than never.
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Sarah O said:
First off, I’m not even reading the rest of the comments. This “Joe” character sounds like many other I have disagreed with over the years in various forums and youtube videos. To all of you (sue, a couple, Patience and Ron, etc.) you are only adding fuel to a fire. A person like this will not stop or shut up. You can never prove them “wrong” because in their mind they believe they are ultimately correct.
Joe, I have no idea what your comment was that set everyone off and I don’t really care because it’s not worth my attention. However, I do feel that it is highly disrespectful to mouth off on an article written in a man’s memory. One who left behind a great legacy that he worked his butt off for.
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Sarah O.
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Ryan said:
I agree with everyone. Everyone has there flaws. No one is perfect. Phil was doing what everyone else would do. Work your ass off to provide for the family. Joe does have a right to say what he wants. If people would stop responding to him or provoking him maybe he would stop.Do I agree with Joe? No, but im not gonna bash a guy for saying what he thinks. I thought Phil was a great man. It takes a true man to admit his faults. Would I consider him a role model? Yes I would. He worked his ass off for his family. I do the same. I work 2 jobs. No ones perfect. I fucked up myself but im not gonna let it hold me back. Thanks all for reading my pointless rant.
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August 12, 2010
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Kelly said:
Godspeed Captain Phil!! I’m gonna miss your smiling, rowdy, loud laughing, yelling, cussing, smoking, dirty joke tellin crab fishing face!!! And I mean MISS!
I see him every time I see his boys and know he’s not really gone. He left a lot of goodness behind in those boys.
Thanks for sharing your life with us Phil!!
Josh, & Jake, thanks for sharing your dad and a part of yourselves with us!!! You guys are beloved by millions! Whatever you do, you will both be fine. You both have that true grit in you that your Dad did. WE see it even if you don’t. His influence permeates through both of you and for that reason he will never really be gone.
Thanks guys! I hope you guys stay on the show. Don’t think we could stand it if we didn’t know how you guys were doing..Blame your Dad…he made us all love you!!
Kelly in Tennessee :)
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linda said:
Joe you must be the son he refuses to acknowledge and I can suraly see why.A$$Hole
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August 14, 2010
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Frannie67 said:
I’m just so happy to see so many people standing up for preserving Phil’s memory and all of the GOOD in him… Hearing all those negative and berating comments from that man “Joe” really left me feeling like we just live in a world of evil and unforgiving people. Now, with everyone else making positive and loving comments about Phil and his sons, I feel like maybe there really ARE more good people out there than not. Thanks to all of you who join me in celebrating Phil Harris’ memory and SUPPORTING Josh and Jake…..
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Gina said:
Come on…lets not start this again. Have a little respect for what this site is for…I’m pretty sure it’s not here to sit and bash one another.
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Gina said:
I think for the most part that many of the people on this site as well as the rest of the world are inherantly good. We shouldn’t let our thoughts and feelings for Phil, his sons and the rest of his loved ones be altered by a few bad seeds. Joe’s comments, though not nice or popular with the rest of us, are his to toss out there…it’s up to us to decide how we are going to respond (if at all).
Many times (and I’m sure you all know this), it’s best to just ignore the person/people causing the issues on a forum, site or whatever and eventually they’ll get tired of hearing themselves talk…especially when no one is paying any attention to them.
RIP Phil and best wishes to his sons and the rest of his family.
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Gina said:
Joe, I believe that you are a good person at heart…though I’m not quite sure why you make some the comments you do. That being said…your entitled to them, as everyone on here is entitled to theirs.
This particular thread is a tribute to Phil and to show some respect and well wishes for his family…not to banter back and forth trashing each other.
I thought that this type of stuff only went on with some of the Yahoo Groups I’ve seen…but I guess it happens everywhere.
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August 15, 2010
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Gina said:
Yes Joe…I get what your saying. I’m sure that the one’s on here that are saying things to YOU have respect for Phil. That’s probably the reason that they feel the need to say what they did to you…maybe they felt offended because this thread IS a tribute to Phil and they felt that you were not speakingout of respect to him but rather to point out negatives about him. Just my take…
That being said, I do believe that your RIP that you put for Phil is sincere…maybe it’s best just to let him and this bantering back and forth rest now.
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August 19, 2010
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Tom said:
I for one feel that Joe is stupid. I am nor will i ever be perfect, the regets i have are numerous, I can at least defend myself, Cpt Phil however cannot. anyone who followed the show realize these men were of a different breed they were hard chargers and took risk some of us would never dare. So to Joe i say this I am so happy that there are not many PERFECT pepole in the world such as you because , lets be honest how boring would that be? To all of us who are not perfect raise your glass to you and Capt Phil, who led his life the best way he knew how.
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August 21, 2010
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KAREN said:
I CRY FOR YOU I PRAY FOR YOU I WILL ALWAYS MISS YOU YOU PHIL & CREW ARE A PART OF MY FAMILY AND ALWAYS WILL
R.I.P. PHIL LUV KAREN IN JOLIET ILL.
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August 21, 2010
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Ocean Queen said:
Dear God…my prayers are not ONLY for Captain Phil and his family now, they are ALSO that Joe finally stops talking and lets us mourn in peace! UGH!
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August 22, 2010
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Gina said:
Can everyone just quit with the little negative remarks towards this Joe guy…without defending him, he’s pretty much kept his opinions and comments civil as of late and the constant comments towards him just keep feeding the fire.
Again this site SHOULD be geared towards respecting Phil and his family not trashing one another.
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August 23, 2010
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Linda Moore said:
He will surely be missed.I watched his show all the time,I didn’t even know him but I felt like I did.God Bless his boys,just do the best you can,thats all anyone can ask of you,you had a wonderful dad don’t ever forget that
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August 23, 2010
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Gina said:
Yeah Joe…I think it might go for you too though. Every time you comment back to things that are being said the fire is being fed, so maybe just quit firing back or making little comments as well. Maybe all of the negative comments should be stopped and instead it should be just positive heartfelt comments about Phil and his family and friends.
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August 23, 2010
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Sue said:
Phil, I miss your smile an laughs an jokes. Above all the crab farts. The lessons you were teaching those two wonderful young men. Who now have to grow up to fast because your gone. Those are mighty big shoes you left to fill. To Phils family sons an loved ones be strong an care for each other. Phil is watching proud an waiting for that day he see’s you all again. May the sea be calm the pots be full the sun shine down an warm your face. To sit an talk an stay a while. Those who wish they could see just one more smile. Know Phil is not gone his sprit is still here. Looking down watching over those now with no fear. His eyes closed his hard working hands to rest. God showed he only takes the best. With brokem hearts we let you go. But with sad hearts we still all miss so our dear capt Phil. Rip Phil may you watch over your sons with a smile.To Josh an Jake Remember the happy times an smile. I pray to see you all next season at home on C.M.
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August 24, 2010
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Steve said:
Very upsetting to hear about Phil, you could tell he loved fishing with you guys and was very proud of you both, sorry for your loss
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August 25, 2010
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Danny Lill said:
hi, im from the uk, we havnt seen this on the tv yet, ive just found out through a friend, i must say i am devastated that this has happened and my condolences, thoughts and prayers are with his family.
i dont know what to say…………….
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August 28, 2010
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Carrie said:
I will miss Capt. Phil’s rude sense of humor, I loved his quick wit, My 9yr old son has asked on several occassion’s if the crab fart is real even after Capt. Keith explained why they are not possible. I just laugh while we are crabbing.
RIP Phil and blessing to all that knew him and loved him.
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August 28, 2010
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Peter Dennis said:
RIP Captain Phil you will be sorely missed
Pete
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August 30, 2010
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Sue said:
The sea is now calm the ships all in. God took home one of the best ever captains there has ever been. He looked ruff an yelled alot. But his love for all. The soft heart the jokes an pranks. The teaching of his two sons with tough love. But as he said alot he knew time was all to short. The sea was calling him home where he belongs. His sons know the love he felt for them an crew. The teachings now done. Its time for them to fly. Phil is now watching from above in the sky. He is in the clouds the sea an salt, wind an snow. When i watch the show now in my eyes will be a tear for him. The loose of a great man fearless on the sea. Ready to give up all for his sons to take them home make them well stand by them close. Even now he is still here watching over all those dear. Josh an Jake he loved both so dear family friends it was his time to go home. Rip Phil we sure will miss you!!!
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August 31, 2010
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Dave said:
We’ve not seen this in the UK yet and it came as a shock!
I want to say that Phil reminded me of my Dad who recently passed away. i could see the tiredness in his eyes.
i hope you are at peace now Phil and that you sail in heaven.
You will be missed beyond words.
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September 5, 2010
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Alice said:
I am so heart broken about Phil, even though I will still watch Deadlest Catch It won’t be the same with out Phil. My prayers are with the boys and hope they remember all their dad tought them. Blessings to both of you.
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September 27, 2010
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bj said:
….u should never look down on anyone, unless yer helping them up!!!
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September 27, 2010
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Rowen Van D’ Yeme said:
I am Shocked to see that Phil has passed on, as in the UK we hadn’t heard the news. I will miss him as he was a real character. My sympathies to all his friends and Family, I am not Religious in anyway but I hope he finds peace where he has gone as he certainly deserves it.
Respect, Love and Peace
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October 5, 2010
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darren penfold uk said:
gonna miss u phil,I didnt know you but you taught me a great deal,also your boys they,ve a lot to luck up to,bye for now
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October 7, 2010
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Tony Wyatt said:
Good Luck to all the crew of the Cornelia Marie be safe good fishing i am sure that Phil’s Memory will live on forever , He will be sadly missed by all the fans of the program.
R.I.P Phil
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October 10, 2010
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Mark said:
The sad news is filtering down to us in the UK. We are not an emotive nation, in general, however all the people I know who watch this fab show are devasted that Phil has passed away. You can tell how good the show is and how great a person Phil was, because I feel like I’ve lost somebody I actually knew… Our thoughts are with his family and the other stars of the show. Tight lines and god bless.
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October 12, 2010
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Gray said:
sad sad times here in the uk, just as Mark says, its like someone i knew has passed on, he was a great skipper and dad to the boys, rip Phil, condolences to your family.
Josh and Jake, please keep Phils legacy going lads, good luck
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October 12, 2010
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Gregg said:
RIP Phil, my condolences to the family.
As for Joe, what a f#$*ing pr1ck.
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October 12, 2010
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Nicky Crocker said:
Again, the most recent episode shown in the UK was of Phil’s stroke, I have sat and sobbed all the way through, looking at the pain on Jake and Josh’s faces broke my heart. I knew just by looking at Phil as he was lifted into the heli-med that it was grave.
To all on the Cornelia Marie, I know this happened a while ago and people say time is a healer, but having lost both my brother at the age of 32 and recently my dad, I have to say its not! you learn to live with it, but it never goes away. The Cornelia Marie is in our household the favourite vessel on Deadliest and I send you all our love from across the waters – god bless xx
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October 25, 2010
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Luke skinner said:
Only just heard the sad news as the new series of deadliest catch is on now in the uk,, can’t believe he’s gone wat a great person. Lots of love!!!