Turgot Mynes perished due to the extreme heat of the desert planet Jakku, as he labored as a scavenger. His death occurred before the First Order's attack upon the settlement of Tuanul. A fellow scavenger, Rey, mentioned Mynes, along with Paos Adina and Binz Scoty, in her journal, listing them as examples of scavengers who had failed and succumbed to the heat, with Rey promising herself to avoid a similar end.