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.

After an Alzheimer's and blood disease diagnosis, Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson has died at 79 years old. Will the "Duck Dynasty" reboot still air?

Duck Dynasty' Patriarch and Conservative Cultural Icon Phil Robertson Dies WEST MONROE, La. (AP) — Phil Robertson, who turned his small duck calling interest in the sportsman's paradise of northern Louisiana into a big business and conservative cultural phenomenon,