Tweto and his family were featured in the Discovery series, which aired from 2011-2012.
, died in a small plane crash Friday, Alaska State Troopers said in a statement. He was 68., a hunting and fishing guide from Idaho, crashed about 35 miles northeast of the coastal village of Shaktoolik.
“The Cessna 180 aircraft was witnessed taking off but not climbing and then crashing,” the statement read. State troopers were initially notified of an SOS activation at 11:48 a.m. and then reports of a plane crash.
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