Tim Samaras’ Death – Cause and Date

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Born (Birthday) November 12, 1957

Death Date May 31, 2013

Age of Death 55 years

Cause of Death N/A

Profession Meteorologist

The meteorologist Tim Samaras died at the age of 55. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Best remembered for his appearances on the Discovery Channel weather series Storm Chasers, this engineer, meteorologist, and founder of TWISTEX (the Tactical Weather Instrumented Sampling in Tornadoes Experiment) was killed by a tornado in El Reno, Oklahoma, while he was in the area conducting storm research.

He was born and raised in Lakewood, Colorado. He and his wife, Kathy, raised a son named Paul (who was killed along with his father in the 2013 storm chasing accident) and daughters named Amy and Jennifer.