‘Deadliest Catch’ Captain Tony Lara Dies at Sturgis Motorcycle Rally

The 2015 Sturgis motorcycle rally is now over and it was one for the record books.  People flocked from all over the world to be a part of the 75th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

Fans of the Discovery Channel show Deadliest Catch will be sad to hear that Tony Lara, who briefly helped out as captain of the Cornelia Marie, died while attending the rally. The 56-year-old Lara died Saturday in his sleep. No additional details were available.

According to Examiner.com:

Tony was a captain that Josh and Jake leaned on, after their father Phil Harris passed away. He helped get the Cornelia Marie back on the water, fishing and making money.

Meanwhile, attendance at the rally topped 1 million people. The previous record crowd was estimated at 633,000 people back in 2000. Unfortunately, 13 people died during the rally.

• See What Happened When We Deep Fried Bacon Wrapped Oreos

Some other numbers from this years rally:

• 220 DUI arrests
• 203 misdemeanor drug arrests
• 99 felony drug arrests
• over $28,000 cash seized
• 1,501 citations were issued
• 4,557 warnings.
• 152 Injury accidents (69 last year)
• 13 people died (3 times more than 2014)