Rick Harrison has been charming fans and wannabe collectors ever since “Pawn Stars” debuted in 2009.
Viewers may wonder ifPawn Stars is fake, but there’s nothing scripted about Rick’s trials and tribulations.
Let’s take a look at his heartbreaking struggles.
Sherry was their firstborn, arriving in 1960.
Rick was born less than four years later.
Sadly, Sherry died when she was just 6 years old.
“I believe that.”
It’s not something he regularly talks about.
When “Pawn Stars” star Rick Harrison was still a young child, he was diagnosed with epilepsy.
In 2014, Harrison participated in a fundraising event for theEpilepsy Foundation.
“Having seizures as a kid was scary,” he shared with the organization.
However, their relationship wasn’t always full of camaraderie and good times, especially when Rick was younger.
He punched me in the face," Rick recounted.
“I’m lying on the ground.
He sought $20,000 in damages.
He was screaming ‘I want to see the owner’ …
The way he was acting it was in our best interests to get him out of there.”
(Just askTaylor Swift, whose history of controversial momentsincludes her history of keeping quiet about politics.)
In 2015, he publicly backed Republican candidate Marco Rubio.
And that endorsement promptly landed him in hot water.
When you endorse a Republican, everyone sort of frowns on you.
I don’t know why, but hey."
The star also admitted that he was scared his political views could wind up costing him the show.
In the years that followed,Rick got to know the Trumps, too.
Rick expressed his grief in a statement posted alongside a photo of his dad onInstagram.
In 1985, he parted ways from his first wife, Kim Harrison.
His marriage to second wife Tracy Harrison ended in 2011 after 25 years.
Rick Harrison worked alongside his father, Richard “The Old Man” Harrison, for years without incident.
However, when Richard died in 2018, things began to get a little complicated.
By 2022, Rick found himself getting sued by his own mother, Joanne Harrison.
The situation only got more dramatic when Joanne filed a restraining order against Rick.
At the time of writing in 2024, it’s unclear whether the suit is still ongoing.
On January 19, Rick Harrison’s son Adam Harrison died from a fentanyl overdose.
According to theNew York Post, Adam got out of jail a few months before his death.
At the time of Adam’s death, he was living in someone’s guesthouse.
An unnamed neighbor told law enforcement that Adam seemed to be struggling in the weeks before his death.
I love you Adam."
It seems it is just flowing over the borders and nothing is being done about it.
We must do better."
Adam was laid to rest at a private funeral service in February 2024.
The answer is a little more complex than fans may realize.
