'Deadliest Catch' Star Died from Heart Attack ... In His Sleep 
 
 'Deadliest Catch' Star Tony Lara -- Died From a Heart Attack in His Sleep 
 
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 "Deadliest Catch" star Tony Lara didn't suffer when he died ... authorities believe he suffered a heart attack in his sleep. 
 
 Meade County Sheriff, Ron Merwin, tells TMZ ... the pathologist who performed the autopsy observed scar tissue on Lara's heart, which is consistent with the effects of a heart attack. 
 
 Merwin says they'll know for sure when the toxicology report comes back, but there were no signs drugs or alcohol played a role. We're told Lara's body is being transferred back to his hometown in Alaska. 
 
 He was found dead Saturday morning at a home in Sturgis, South Dakota where he was attending the famous motorcycle rally. ||||| Deadliest Catch 
 
 Yesterday we lost a member of the Catch Family. May you RIP Captain Tony Lara. We know that you are up in heaven watching over the Cornelia Marie and rest of the Bering Sea fleet. Yesterday we lost a member of the Catch Family. May you RIP Captain Tony Lara. We know that you are up in heaven watching over the Cornelia Marie and rest of the Bering Sea fleet. http://dsc.tv/QFKDA
– Tony Lara, one of the stars of Deadliest Catch, died in his sleep of an apparent heart attack, reports TMZ. Toxicology tests are pending, but there's no sign that drugs or alcohol played a role. Lara was found at a home in Sturgis, South Dakota, where he was attending the town's well-known motorcycle rally, the AP reports. The 50-year-old could be seen in the Discovery Channel reality show as the captain of the Cornelia Marie, a crab-catching vessel. His body will be returned to his hometown in Alaska. "May you RIP Captain Tony Lara," says a post on the show's Facebook page. "We know that you are up in heaven watching over the Cornelia Marie and rest of the Bering Sea fleet."