'Storage Wars' Star Darrell Sheets Dead at 67

When I was going through Chemo a little over a decade ago I watched an ungodly amount of this show. It was always on. Rest easy

Damn, shot himself in the head. Thats incredibly sad, so sorry for his family and friends loss. Can't imagine theres an easy way to find this out.

Tragic ending, talk to one another and be kind, mental health is not a joke.

F***. He shot himself? RIP, bro

Hope his son has a lot of support around him.

4 years ago I was celebrating my bday at a restaurant. I saw him and took a pic with him. Later on he paid for the whole table. He paid my $400 bday dinner. Nice man.

Damn, that sucks man. Just seemed like someone you could have a beer with. You never know what kind of demons someone has. Wish he was still with us.

He was known as The Gambler on Storage Wars, hope he's finding all the good loot in the next life, that's a $500 bill right there. And remember boys that it's okay to reach out to your homies or your family if you're feeling stuck in your thoughts. We've all been there. *group hug*

That's a million dollar bill right there 😢 not making light of it, just quoting his non-existent dollar bill comments when he was going through containers. He was one of my favorites on the show.

I feel sorry for his son, that is a tough way to lose a parent.

Mental health isn’t a joke y’all get help if you need it

Darrell was the "heel" of storage wars. He made the show fun to watch. Rest in peace.

Damn. Storage Wars *stayed* *on* in my dads house every other weekend/:

Was he the one who would find a box of random unlabeled mix tapes and say “That’s a 10 dollar bill!”?

That’s a $12 bill. RIP

I remember him and a friend came into the bagel shop I was working at during college! Sweet/kind man, rest in peace and prayers to his loved ones!

Talk to your friends, reach out if you need to. You matter and you’re needed here

God. I work at a prision and storage wars was CONSTANTLY on the TV in the dayroom. Guys would watch it for HOURS!

Anyone know where his storage is at?

It was never about the storage units, it was about the friends we made along the way. RIP.

I watch the show every single time after school. He was one of my favorites.

That's a $40 dollar bill all day right there Brandon! 🤣 f*** man I used to do an impression of him sayin that all the time, used to make my brother laugh. Loved him. RIP. Condolences to the family

Man that stinks

That's sad. I hope his son has support and gets help if he needs it. my husband and I used to watch this show when we first got married; it was always on! Darrel never seemed excessively mean and seemed to have a good relationship with his son.

Like half of these comments being people making jokes is disappointing, but not surprising.

The “YUUUP” guy did this.

That's sad... this is NOT the wow factor.

Remember my senior year my entire friend group would get high and watch storage wars all the time. It was so entrancing.

I just read his last couple posts on Facebook. He said if anything happens to him to look for a certain couple (that he named) who have been harrassing him. Police are looking into it. He said they have been extorting money from businesses while they were impersonating him and threatening people.

2001 kid here, spent my childhood watching storage wars. This sucks- RIP Darrell. Hope his son is ok

RIP Darrell Sheets

Was a big fan of this show when it was on. A&E shows were addicting. Miss the 2000s and early 2010s shows

That sucks, I like that show, even if it was kinda staged and corny, he was a good guy/character. RIP

Sad. RIP. Sorry, Brando. 💕

Met this guy in Hawaii on a family vacation, I was in early Highschool. My brother is four years younger than me and recognized him from the jump. He wanted us to go over and just say “hey, we love the show and you’re the best”. When we went over he said “what show, judge Judy?” And immediately agreed to take pictures with us after talking to my parents for a good bit. Stand up guy and absolutely devastated to hear the circumstances. Check in on your loved ones, tell your people you love them. RIP King.

"Reality" TV seems to have a high mortality rate. And frequent arrests. What a rotten culture we've created

Brandi was the best thing about that show

Second guy off this show to kill himself.

Man I love that show when it use to run on a&e on a daily 24 hr basis. But god these guys were just lying to the camera whenever they found something. They’ll find a 20 year old big b**** tv and they’ll say that’s a $500 right there

That’s a $52.00 bill everyday of the week Brando!

This is the second storage wars suicide 

I loved the original Storage Wars. RIP, Darrell. I hope Barry is doing well. And Brandi 😍

Damn, that’s sad. I loved those years of storage wars.

Me and the old man used to watch storage wars…now he’s gone and the stars are starting to go too.

I met him briefly way back in the day in a strange encounter. It must have been around 2010 or early 2011. My wife and I were at a big outdoor swap meet in Orange County California. My son was a few months old and we were pushing him in the stroller. My wife felt something behind her ear and brushed it away. She felt it again and we both look to see Darrell walking behind us using some kind of feather attached to a stick to tickle my wife behind her ear. It looked like a cat toy or something. We both were like “What the heck?!” and then “Wait, aren’t you that guy from storage wars?!” He just laughed and sort of acted like it was no big deal. He was with a girl who looked a little embarrassed. We honestly thought it was quite strange so we just walked a little ahead and away from him. We found a spot to stop and talk about it and we both had the same reaction of “Did that just really happen?” I guess he thought he was as much of a celebrity that he could do something like that and people would just think it was funny? So strange. I’m sorry for his family and they will be in my prayers while they go through this.

I ran into him a few times in HB at the local Ralphs. He would say hi to his fans and seemed very friendly . RIP

Suicide at 67 is so incredibly tragic. You make it that far, but find you can’t go on any longer... It’s extremely shocking; reading about someone at that age taking their life. I hope he rests easy. Loved watching him as “The Gambler” when I was a kid. This show was awesome.

I met Darrell in 2012 at Jarrod and Brandi's thrift store when they were holding an event there. This is sad news for sure.

One of my favorite shows of all time. This is so sad. Caught me completely off guard. They're saying "cyberbullying" might be responsible as to why he offed himself. That's crazy. He never struck me as someone who would get super offended by something like that so someone really must have been f****** with his head. RIP Darrel Sheets. You will be missed by me and thousands of others... 😟❤️.

His body will be laid to rest in unit 23D.

Sad. Suicide sucks for the family and friends who loved him.

We need to stop these wars. We’ve lost too many good people.

was just watching season 1 last night 💔 will continue in his honor tonight. RIP

Ugh. Sorry to hear this. Rest in peace buddy.

Rest in peace Darrel.

RIP he was always so much fun to watch. Check up on your people and be kind to others.

The show was popular because of personalities like Darrell. I can’t say that I still watched, but he certainly had an impact. Mental health is no joke.

Breaks my heart every time one of my fellow man loses the fight.

My dumb ass read this as "star wars" star and thought he looks a lot like the guy from storage wars Rip

Terrible! I'm so sorry for his son Brandon and family. My dad left this world the same way last month. It's very painful for the loved ones left behind. May he RIP

F***! This one HURTS.

Is he the one who always had his adult son tagging along with him?

Very sad. He was always my favorite.

I'm sad to hear this. RIP Darrell.

He had just found out and disclosed that he was suffering from some pretty major health issues. Not excusing it, but I know several blue collar men of a certain age that would do the same thing, unfortunately. You live a certain way and then eventually don’t want to deal with the effects of that lifestyle, as they would tend to be drawn out, painful and costly. Poor guy and sucks for his family.

He must have been battling some demons that nobody knew about. May he rest in peace. One of my favorites on the show along with Barry.

Ahh, I was hoping for natural cases like one will also often find with folks in their mid-late 60s. Bleak on a daily basis at this rate. Rest in Peace.

Wow that’s sad. I actually met him 12 years ago at a mall in California. I told him I was a fan and he expressed thanks and shook my hand. Nice guy.

wow. I used to watch that show and it's spin offs.

San Diego dude. Go well my brother.

Rest in peace, sadly a lot of the people who were on the show have had it rough.

This really is disturbing to hear the news of his passing. I crossed paths with him recently in a local restaurant in Orange County, CA. He was genuinely kind. I wish his family peace and healing during this difficult time.

Storage wars was literally my childhood. Rest in peace Darrell the gambler

Damn he shot himself in th head?? Didn't he find like a million bucks worth of art in one of those episodes? I wonder what happened, the article doesn't really touch on it.

That show was one of a kind. My son who was 10 at the time always watched together. It was our thing. For Christmas one year 2011’sh, I bought him the board game. We had alot of fun with that too.

I loved it when he had his hairy shoulders out. Thanks bro.

Dang he seemed so healthy.

He’s the second cast member to commit self termination. Mark Balelo did in 2013. He was only on the show for a short period.

All those wars, but the real storage was inside him all along.

Do not read the article! I didn’t know how he died; now I’m saddened.

Who was cyberbullying him? They should go to prison.

I wonder why he would shoot himself? He was wealthy, had a new wife, recovered from his heart attack years ago. What brought him down so far to do this? Very sad.