{"id":2598,"date":"2025-05-24T12:07:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T12:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=2598"},"modified":"2025-05-24T12:07:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T12:07:18","slug":"frank-fritz-the-beloved-star-of-american-pickers-has-died-at-60-leaving-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=2598","title":{"rendered":"Frank Fritz, the beloved star of *American Pickers*, has died at 60, leaving fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>His passing was announced by longtime friend and co-star Mike Wolfe, who paid tribute on social media, calling Fritz a \u201cdreamer\u201d with a big heart.<\/p>\n<p>The duo gained fame by exploring America\u2019sgarages and barns, unearthing valuable antiques.<\/p>\n<p>Fritz\u2019s charm and partnership with Wolfe made the show a hit. He will be remembered fondly by fans and friends alike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>His passing was announced by longtime friend and co-star Mike Wolfe, who paid tribute on social media, calling Fritz a \u201cdreamer\u201d with a big heart. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=2598\" title=\"Frank Fritz, the beloved star of *American Pickers*, has died at 60, leaving fans\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2600,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2598"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2601,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598\/revisions\/2601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}