Ex-American Pickers star Frank Fritz's friend breaks silence amid awful rumors about reality TV legend being dead

Former American Pickers prima Frank Fritz is said to beryllium live and 'gobbling down a fudge crystal cream' aft sick rumors circulated online claiming that he was dead.

Unconfirmed reports that nan reality tv personality, 58, had died appeared to dispersed for illustration wildfire past week erstwhile a website appeared connected Google pinch nan title 'In Memory Of Frank Fritz: A Journey Through His Life And Legacy.'

Confused fans besides offered their condolences connected Frank's charismatic Instagram.

However, a friend adjacent to nan prima appeared to corroborate complete nan play that he was very overmuch alive.

Posting connected Frank's Facebook instrumentality page, they said: 'Last nighttime he was gobbling down a fudge crystal pick truthful again he is not dead.

'The rumors are still retired location but we person been dealing pinch this a batch complete nan past 2 years. These rumors look to beryllium a small stronger than astir successful nan past.'

The friend besides revealed that they would denote Frank's decease connected nan societal media tract if he was to pass.

'If Frank was to dice arsenic his friends, we would for illustration to person a small clip to pass each his very champion friends which is simply a lot,' they continued.

'And past you will publication it connected this page besides from our section newspaper called Quad City Times.

'I guarantee nan clip betwixt his decease and my announcement will beryllium brief.

'It is important to maine that his adjacent friends travel first than his beloved fans and our section group that person supported him from time one.'

In addition, a root adjacent to Frank besides told The US Sun: 'It's each a bunch of bull. Don't cognize wherever it came from.

'Frank has been good, been eating crystal pick and watching nan Olympics.'

Frank's wellness has taken a move successful caller years, having suffered a changeable successful July 2022.

At nan time, American Pickers prima Mike Wolfe asked fans of nan History Channel bid to 'keep him successful your hearts and thoughts.'

'I person been very backstage successful nan past twelvemonth successful regards to Frank's life and nan travel he's been on,' he began successful a station shared connected Instagram.

'There has been tons of opinions successful regards to excavation and Frank's relationship and nan show but now is not nan clip to group nan grounds straight. Now is nan clip to believe for my friend.

'Frank has suffered a changeable and is successful nan hospital. Please support him successful your hearts and thoughts.

'Frank I believe much than thing that you make it done this okay. I emotion you buddy.'

American Pickers debuted connected History Channel successful 2010, pursuing Frank, Mike, and their co-worker, Danielle Colby-Cushman, who tally an ancient shop successful Iowa.

Frank and Mike travelled nan state successful hunt of each sorts of collectibles from collectors of each kind.

It was revealed successful June 2021 that Frank was leaving nan show, arsenic a culmination of galore wellness problems, including a backmost room and suffering from Crohn's Disease.

Mike released a connection astatine nan clip describing Frank arsenic 'like a relative to me,' adding he will 'pray for nan very champion and each bully things for him connected nan adjacent portion of his journey.'

However, successful an question and reply pinch The Sun, Frank painted a very different image of their friendship.

He said: 'Mike's connection was bulls**t, personification wrote it retired for him. We ne'er were friends successful people school.

'I don't judge successful 10 years he's said 5 bully things to me, you know? Unless he was cutting personification other down and we were some laughing.'