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'Storage Wars' star Darrell Sheets' toxicology results revealed after suicide

Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News on

Published in Entertainment News

Darrell Sheets — who starred on A&E’s “Storage Wars” for more than a decade — was not under the influence of drugs when he died by suicide last month.

According to an autopsy report obtained by US Weekly, the Mohave County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed that Sheets’ tested negative for substances including cocaine, fentanyl, benzos and other drugs. The report goes on to describe his body as that of “a well-developed, well-nourished adult male.”

Sheets was discovered dead inside his home on April 22, after officers with the Lake Havasu City Police Department were called to investigate reports of a “deceased individual” on the property, authorities said at the time. When they arrived at the residence around 2 a.m., they found Sheets, “who suffered from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.”

He was pronounced dead on the scene at the age of 67 years old.

Authorities previously said they were looking into claims Sheets was being cyberbullied prior to his death, but they have provided few other details on the matter.

 

“I love you Dad and I will do my best to live in your honor and respect our Family,” his son, Brandon, wrote on social media at the time. “Let’s all continue to build those memories and keep the legacy that is ‘Darrell (The Gambler) Sheets.'”

Sheets found fame on the hit show “Storage Wars,” which follows professional buyers as they bid on abandoned storage lockers with mysterious contents. In the state of California, if rent on a storage locker isn’t paid for three months, what is inside may be auctioned off.

Nicknamed “The Gambler,” Sheets got lucky with several of his storage unit purchases, which included four Picassos and the world’s most lucrative comic book collection. Brandon also often appeared alongside his father on the show, which has run on A&E since 2010.


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