‘American Pickers’ Show ‘Disrespected’ Late Frank Fritz On Season …

An unfortunate oversight oregon a flimsy against a fallen instrumentality favorite?

We’ll fto you decide. 

As we reported, Frank Fritz passed distant past period owed to complications from a stroke. The world prima champion known for his clip connected the History Channel amusement American Pickers had been dealing with wellness issues since 2022, and was forced to permission the amusement owed to his condition. 

On Wednesday, October 9th, the latest play of the beloved world amusement returned and fans settled successful to ticker however the squad would grant him.

Many were near incredibly disappointed. 

Frank Fritz (L) and Mike Wolfe be 2015 A+E Networks Upfront connected April 30, 2015 successful New York City. (Photo by Brad Barket/Getty Images for A+E)

Season Premiere Angers ‘American Pickers’ Fans

When a longtime formed subordinate dies, customarily the amusement that made them celebrated shares a tribute. 

Sister Wives started disconnected their caller play with a notation of Garrison Brown, who died by termination earlier this year. Same goes for Days of Our Lives, erstwhile they mislaid Drake Hogestyn. 

It past seemed similar a no-brainer past to presume that erstwhile Season 26 of American Pickers kicked off, it’d beryllium dedicated to Frank. After all, it premiered conscionable a small implicit a week aft his death.

The play premiere aired and … nothing. There was nary peculiar dedication astatine all. No opening graphic, not tribute astatine the extremity of the episode. Nothing. 

Needless to say, fans were not blessed astatine all!

Frank Fritz getting superior successful a confessional connected ‘American Pickers’. (Youtube/History Channel)

‘This Show Was and Is Still Dead to Me’

After his changeable successful 2022, Frank near the bid to instrumentality attraction of his health. Fans person missed him, but person understood his absence. 

They were little forgiving of the amusement failing to admit his passing. Given that the amusement was filmed months earlier Frank’s death, it was understandable that determination was nary footage discussing his passing. 

But fans were speedy to constituent retired the different ways they could’ve paid tribute.

“There was nary dedication to Frank connected the play premiere past night. I consciousness similar they should person astatine slightest made a rubric paper astatine the extremity oregon thing to grant him?” posted connected Reddit idiosyncratic successful a American Pickers sub-Reddit. 

“Total disrespect! This amusement was and is inactive dormant to me,” posted another, furious with the slight. 

“Honestly I deliberation the amusement is canine s—- without Frank. I don’t adjacent fuss watching episodes without him anymore,” shared another. 

History Channel’s Tribute To Frank

Now, to play devil’s advocate, the web did aerial a tribute to Frank aft the quality of his passing. The transmission enactment unneurotic a highlights reel of favourite moments from his clip connected American Pickers. 

It included moments similar their large merchantability to Aerosmith oregon erstwhile helium got this adjacent to owning a vintage Knucklehead Harley Davidson. But the reel was posted connected Youtube, not aired connected the History Channel itself. 

It did, however, travel this statement:

“We are saddened to stock that our person and beloved subordinate of The HISTORY Channel and American Pickers family, Frank Fritz, has passed distant connected September 30, 2024. Frank filmed American Pickers for implicit a decade. We volition ever retrieve ‘the bearded charmer’ and his never-ending hunt for vintage motorcycles and bikes. Our thoughts are with Frank’s loved ones during this hard time. He volition beryllium profoundly missed.”

Frank Fritz connected a motorcycle during a memorable occurrence of ‘American Pickers’ (History Channel/ Youtube)

Frank’s Final Days

In the end, it’s harmless to accidental that it was a missed accidental for The History Channel not to, astatine the precise least, see a tribute paper astatine the extremity of the play premiere. But arsenic the 26th play is conscionable taking off, there’s clip to close the error. 

In the weeks that followed Frank’s passing, fans person received much accusation astir Frank’s failing wellness from his longtime person Jerry Gendreau.

He really explained successful an interrogation with The Sun conscionable however atrocious things had been for mediocre Frank towards the end. 

“You would spell to spot him successful the nursing location and one-half of his assemblage was wholly done. He would assistance his limb up and it would conscionable drop,” explained Jerry. 

Adding that it was “tough to beryllium wholly bedridden” for Frank, Jerry explained that helium felt Frank was conscionable acceptable to beryllium done with each the “bad days.”

“I’ve seen this erstwhile radical get tired, they get tired. I deliberation if you don’t person the volition to live, you won’t,” Jerry said.

“I deliberation Frank could’ve lived a batch longer if the volition to unrecorded would’ve been there.”

Here’s hoping he’s astatine bid now.