Phil Robertson, outdoorsman, businessman and patriarch of the family featured on the A&E reality show “Duck Dynasty,” has died, his family said in a statement. He was 79.

Phil Robertson, the patriarch of the hit show “Duck Dynasty” and the founder of the duck hunting gear business that became the foundation of his family’s reality television empire, died on Sunday. He was 79. His death was announced by his son Jase Robertson in a social media post late Sunday. The post did not say where he died or specify a cause.