Fred Hurt Wiki, Age, Net Worth, Wife, Son, Dead Or Alive

Veteran American gold miner Fred Hurt devoted all his life in search of gold and also during that process made a name for himself.

For more than 24 years, he ran his construction company before finally hanging his boots up. Interestingly, it was just the beginning of a new journey in Fred’s life.

He started gold mining and his work was also broadcasted on the Discovery Channel after the show name Gold Rush. For more information on the man himself do go through the article.

Is Fred Hurt Dead Or Alive? Wiki, Age

Fred Hurt, also called ‘Dakota Fred’, was born in Minot, North Dakota, the USA on 10 July 1943. Thus, by Summer 2020, he turned 77 years old.

During his childhood days, he was a very outgoing person, and soon he worked as a commercial diver in the Gulf Of Mexico.

There he learned the skills of underwater mining along with the skills that would later make him a big name in the mining business.

Though there is a huge risk in the mining business and sometimes there is a matter of life and death situation, but the old-timer is still alive in his late 70s (Nov 2020) and still is proud of his job.

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Married, Wife, Son/Children

By 2020, Fred Hurt had been married thrice in his life and was an all-out family man with two sons, a daughter, six grandkids, and five great-grandchildren.

Fred Hurt with wife Jennifer Sheets in Alaska in 2016 (Pic: Fred Hurt’s Facebook)

In July 2016, he married for the third time with Jennifer Sheets and hasn’t looked back ever since. Previously he was married twice, the information of his first marriage is unknown but, his second wife was Lorrayne Frances Leier who passed away in 2015 due to an illness.

Fred Hurt Net Worth, Height

The rise of Fred Hurt started when his reality show Gold Rush aired on Discovery Channel. Though it was a quiet start to the show in the first few seasons, things started to heat up after that.

As the show started getting popular each day, he featured in some more season of the show, which consisted of Gold Rush: The Dirt, Gold Rush: Alaska & Gold Rush: White Water.

Now, the 5 feet 11 inches miner, Fred Hurt, rests in the sidelines and enjoys a hefty $6 million-plus net worth and lavish lifestyle with his family.

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