Duane Ollinger, the star of Discovery’s Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch, has died after a battle with ALS. He was 68.
Ollinger’s passing was confirmed by his co-star Ryan Skinner, who shared the news on the Blind Frog Ranch Reddit subforum on Wednesday (June 3). “I’m saddened to share that my close friend Duane Ollinger passed away today around 2:30 PM in the ICU in Amarillo, Texas, due to respiratory failure from pneumonia, while battling ALS disease,” Skinner wrote.
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