Gold Rush star Dakota Fred Hurt’s wife Lorrayne Hurt passed away earlier today
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Gold Rush star Dakota Fred Hurt’s wife Lorrayne Hurt passed away earlier today

ByAsa Hawks

Former Gold Rush star Dakota Fred Hurt shared some very sad news with his fans on Facebook today, announcing that his wife Lorrayne Hurt passed away earlier today. Fred posted the photo of his wife above and wrote: After a long illness, my wife Lorrayne has passed away, February 2, 2015. May she rest in…

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CONFIRMED Dustin and Fred Hurt not returning to Gold Rush, filming their own show

ByAsa Hawks

It looks as though Discovery Channel’s most popular show has lost one of its most popular cast members as gold miner Dakota Fred Hurt and his crew, including son Dustin Hurt, will reportedly not be back for Season 5 of Gold Rush. But, fans may still be seeing the Dakota Crew on the small screen again soon as they have reportedly hired a different production company to film their summer mining season!

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Gold Rush 3: Dakota Fred Hurt’s 2012 Porcupine Creek Mining Season Updates

ByRuby Turpin

Check out these updates and photos from Dakota Fred’s 2012 season at Porcupine Creek which seem to indicate he may have had a GREAT summer in Alaska! Could it be that he is the miner who hit the motherlode as hinted at in the Gold Rush 3 trailer?