Frank Fritz is DEAD to me

Murder? Parachute didn't open? Shark? - or all 3?

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Why are so many stars dying?

He was a good foil for Mike Wolfe. The show sucked after he left.

Mike Wolfe had a bad reputation with dealers - snatching up bargains on vague promises of air time.

Sad. Mike Wolfe seems like a dick. Frank was the only reason I liked the show.

Frank was the more patient of the two.

I loved Frank in the early episodes. He was a cute cuddly teddy bear. In later shows, not so much.

He went to the great honey hole in the sky.

R6 - 100% agree. Mike Wolfe always seemed like an absolute prick ON CAMERA. He always annoyed me and seemed like he was scammy and untrustworthy.

Didn't Wolfe leave his wife for a bimbo?

He was the authentic one that I really liked. He seemed like a good guy.

R3 he’s not or was not a star. A former television personality who went picking on cable tv for several years then left the show. Not a star

The whole show was pretty much a farce, the store was not a joint venture between Mike and Frank, it was Mike's store and Frank had his own store. It was Mike's show though it was Mike who brought on Frank as a side kick.

He looked so healthy...

If you like that sort of thing, this guy buys the contents of abandoned storage units.

Yes, R11.

Did his heart go on the fritz?

He looked like a sweet teddy bear.

Cause of death?

One of the reports alluded to addiction issues. I don't recall where I saw that.

I found one of the links.

He was 58, not 60.

He had a stroke two years ago and was in a wheelchair. Supposedly the "alcohol issues" story came from Danielle who seems to have been angry at Frank when she started throwing that shade. He also had Crohn's.

Supposedly he had a stroke, but although he did get somewhat better, he was still somewhat not mobile, and definitely not enough to return to go back to traveling and picking.

[quote]...the star's longtime friend, Chris Davis, filed for an emergency conservatorship shortly before he was scheduled to be released from the nursing facility..... decision making capacity was reportedly 'so impaired' that the legal papers allegedly requested another friend, who has been the star's career since the stroke, be names as his guardian with the bank to help handle his financial affairs."

Was Frank gay? Did he have a "longtime companion?" I always wondered. Is the 2nd friend named guardian, referring to Mike Wolfe?

Are junk shows still a thing?

Sorry to hear this. I loved that show, and it was never the same after he left.

May he RIP.

Junk man

[quote] another friend, who has been the star's career since the stroke.

Wha?

I started watching American Pickers when I was in the hospital for bypass surgery since there were limited options available on the cable channels I had access to. It was an semi amusing diversion, although I was always spotting all the staged settings and contrived narrative on the the rarer items, like they were both super knowledgeable on the history of everything they came across.

Can people with Crohn's remain as heavy as he looks in the OP?

One of my friends "up Home" has had Crohn's since her late teens (the 70s), and she's always been what you might call "pleasingly plump." But they found a medication that works for her early on and she's never had any serious problems with the weight or the Crohn's.

Fun fact: you want to know what medication's worked for her all these years? She was prescribed tincture of opium. And yes, this is in the US. She puts a drop of brown liquid in a glass of water and drinks it down.

After all, opiates do cause constipation.

I also watched Backroad Bounty...

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That's so scary concoction for alleged, Xtians.

Fritz talked about Chrons disease on the show. It's one of those things that often can be managed but often can't--probably more than one disease. Peragoric is the opium derivative that has been used to treat it.

Don't forget Auction Kings...

And Cash and Cari!