News ‘Deadliest Catch’ deckhand Mahlon Reyes dies of a heart attack at 38: ‘So sad, he was so young’ August 3, 2020August 3, 2020Bryan Alexander, USA TODAYComments Off on ‘Deadliest Catch’ deckhand Mahlon Reyes dies of a heart attack at 38: ‘So sad, he was so young’ Mahlon Reyes, a deckhand on Discovery Channel's "Deadliest Catch," has died of a heart attack at 38. "He was my rock," his wife tells USA TODAY.