THE Nasty tuna a family lost one of its own.
Captain Charlie “Griff” Griffin-which appeared on Bad Tuna: Outer Banks– died, one message shared on his Facebook page confirmed.
“It is with the deepest sadness that we announce that Charlie Griffin and his beloved dog, Leila, passed away in a boating accident today, March 4,” the message read. “Please keep your family and friends in your thoughts and prayers. We will always remember Griff!”
While the announcement did not go into detail about the boating accident, news of Griffin's death comes shortly after the Coast Guard announced it had been alerted to an incident in the Outer Banks from North Carolina the night before.
A Coast Guard spokesperson confirmed to E! News she was contacted around 11:35 p.m. on March 3 about two people traveling on a pleasure boat from Virginia Beach, Virginia, to Wanchese, North Carolina, where it needed to be repaired. The last communication with the ship, according to the spokesperson, was around 6:15 p.m. earlier in the evening.