Erik Gates – Mythbusters – Died

Erik Gates, 47, who worked on several episodes of the Discovery Channel program “Mythbusters” died Sunday when he fell through a 30-foot skylight, dying from blunt force chest injuries.

Erik Gates, who owned Gateco Electric, was walking across the roof before he fell in the Xirrus Inc. building at 2101 Corporate Center Drive in Newbury Park.

The coroner’s investigation and examination of the body showed it was an accident. However, officials are not sure how Gates fell because the co-worker who was there with him had his back turned to him at the time of the fall.