Storage Wars returns with Season 16 on Saturday, June 7, however longtime purchaser and fan-favorite star Darrell Sheets isn’t listed as a part of the forged. Sheets retired from the present after Season 12, however after it went on a short hiatus, he returned for Season 13 in 2021, and remained as a purchaser in Seasons 14 and 15, as properly.
Whereas there have been some false studies that Sheets died, his social media exercise proves that he’s alive and properly. In 2023, he opened his enterprise Present Me Your Junk in Havasu, Arizona.
Nevertheless, Sheets handled some well being points again in 2019. In March of that yr, he revealed that he was hospitalized after being “sick for 3 months” and having a “delicate coronary heart assault.” In a now-deleted Instagram submit, he added, “I’ve congestive coronary heart failure and a extreme subject occurring with my lung.”
After having surgical procedure, Sheets gave a brand new replace one month later. On the time, docs instructed him his coronary heart was “again as much as 40%” and he was in a position to take off his defibrillator vest. “Nevertheless I’m not out of the woods but as my coronary heart is barely at 40%, however my spirits by no means bought down and my religion is even stronger,” he shared.
On the time, Sheets, who has a son, Brandon, and a daughter, Tiffany, was engaged to Romney Snyder, however by the top of 2019, he debuted his new romance with Patty Wealthy.
Sheets’ present relationship standing is unclear, however he typically posts loving messages to his ex-wife, Kimber Wuerfel, on social media. The 2 reportedly divorced in 2016. “Please be part of me in wishing Kimber a really Comfortable Birthday @Kimber Howell Wuerfel on the lords Day additionally Comfortable Birthday Babe love you greater than you realize,” he wrote in December 2023.
Throughout his time on Storage Wars, Sheets underwent a noticeable weight reduction transformation, which he credited to Nutrisystem. “My joints harm. My physique harm. I used to be bored with train with no outcomes. Plus, I needed to get away from consuming cheeseburgers and making unhealthy selections on the set. Nutrisystem was the simple reply,” he mentioned in 2014.
Storage Wars, Season 16 Premiere, Saturday, June 7, 9/8c, A&E