Joey Dokken passed away unexpectedly August 3rd, 2017 at the age of 17.

Joey was supposed to get up for morning captains practice for soccer. The emergency doctors and responders were unable to revive him. He was active in Lakeville North High School soccer, REV boys soccer team, Marching Band, Jazz Band, Math League team, and Boy Scouts. Joey’s heart condition was never detected by a physician during routine physicals.

From the autopsy they determined it was an Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy Variant, a genetic heart condition, that caused his death at an early age.