According to Variety, doctors found a cancerous tumor when they removed Nick Mavar’s appendix, but he was all smiles in an April 2024 Facebook photo with members of his family. Mavar married a woman named Julie in August 2021, and one of his final Facebook posts was a sweet tribute to her. “Happy Birthday to the most amazing woman I have ever met. I am the luckiest man, honey. Forever and ever,” he wrote in December 2023.
Among those paying tribute to Mavar was another “Deadliest Catch” star and former F/V Northwestern deckhand, Matt Bradley. On Facebook, he recalled the time when Mavar suffered a broken nose while filming the show, praising his former castmate for being so tenacious that he immediately resumed his duties. “Man had supper human strength,” he wrote. Bradley revealed that he attended Mavar’s wedding and remembered some of the happy times they enjoyed together away from work, such as partying at a Nickelback concert. He concluded his moving memorial by writing, “Praying for you and your family … fair winds and following seas.”
