Pawn Stars Frontman Rick Harrison's Son Adam Dead At 39
Adam Harrison, the middle son of "Pawn Stars" mainstay Rick Harrison, has died. He was 39 years old.
A representative for the older Harrison confirmed the tragic news to TMZ on Friday night, January 19, 2024, telling the outlet that Adam died of a drug overdose. At the time of writing, details on the matter are scant, as it isn't clear where he was at the time of his passing, what substance he allegedly overdosed on, or when exactly he was found dead. "Our family is extremely saddened by the death of Adam," the Harrison family said in a statement issued to the outlet. "We ask for privacy as we grieve his loss."
Rick Harrison took to Instagram shortly after the news of Adam's death broke, offering a short yet touching tribute to the second of his three sons. "You will always be in my heart! I love you Adam," he wrote, adding a broken heart emoji at the end of the post, which features a photo of Rick and Adam enjoying some father-and-son time at a bar. The post's comments section quickly filled up with messages of support and condolence from "Pawn Stars" fans, including @jasongrisafi1973, who wrote in part, "So sorry for your loss. No Parent should ever have to watch their Child go before them. You'll see him on the other side though. Stay strong in the meantime."
Unlike his brothers, Adam Harrison never joined his dad on Pawn Stars
While his father, Rick, and his older brother, Corey, are fixtures on History as the two main men on "Pawn Stars," Adam Harrison lived a much quieter, lower-profile life away from the camera. Reportedly, he worked as a plumber at some point, though it isn't clear how else he made a living after briefly working alongside his dad and big brother at the World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas. Unlike his younger brother, Jake Harrison, who made his "Pawn Stars" debut in the spring of 2021 while working a summer job at Gold & Silver, Adam never appeared in any of the show's hundreds of episodes since its 2009 debut.
Adam Harrison's death comes five and a half years after Rick's father, Richard Benjamin Harrison Jr., died at the age of 77 on June 25, 2018. Known as "The Old Man" on "Pawn Stars," Richard Harrison appeared in almost 300 episodes of the show before his death from Parkinson's disease.
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