Moonshiners star Jim Tom Hedrick dies at 82 after struggle with kidney cancer

Publish date: 2024-07-19

Jim Tom Hedrick, a popular former star of the Discovery Channel reality series Moonshiners, has died at age 82.

Hedrick died on Wednesday morning in Robbinsville, North Carolina, according to a family member.

The cause of Hedrick’s death isn’t yet known, but he had been suffering from kidney cancer recently, a family member told TMZ.

His death comes just months after another Moonshiners star, Craig Landy, was hospitalized after a devastating electric unicycle crash. 

Reality star: Jim Tom Hedrick, a popular former star of the Discovery Channel reality series Moonshiners, has died at age 82. A family member told TMZ he had suffered from kidney cancer and had been on dialysis recently; still from Moonshiners

Reality star: Jim Tom Hedrick, a popular former star of the Discovery Channel reality series Moonshiners, has died at age 82. A family member told TMZ he had suffered from kidney cancer and had been on dialysis recently; still from Moonshiners

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