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Frank Fritz, the beloved co-host of the History Channel’s hit show American Pickers, died at 60. His longtime friend and co-host, Mike Wolfe, shared the sad news on social media. In an emotional post on Instagram, Wolfe said,

“It’s with a broken heart that I share with all of you that Frank passed away last night.”

He went on to describe Frank as a dreamer with a kind and sensitive personality, someone who was just as funny and caring off-camera as he was on the show. Having known him for more than half his life, Wolfe shared how much Frank meant to him.

What happened to Frank Fritz?

Fritz’s death comes two years after he suffered a major stroke in 2022. This was two years after the host had taken off from hosting the long-running American Pickers citing health reasons. At the…

Frank Fritz, co-host of the History Channel’s American Pickers, has died. He was 60.

Fritz’s fellow co-host, Mike Wolfe, shared the news on Instagram on Tuesday morning. “It’s with a broken heart that I share with all of you that Frank passed away last night,” he wrote in the caption of a photo of the two of them. “I’ve know Frank for more then half my life and what you’ve seen on TV has always been what I have seen, a dreamer who was just as sensitive as he was funny. The same off camera as he was on, Frank had a way of reaching the hearts of so many by just being himself.”

For 10 years, American Pickers saw Wolfe and Fritz touring the country in search of rare artifacts and national treasures they could buy from collectors and sell in…