DAVENPORT, Iowa — Frank Fritz, long-time co-host of the popular Quad-Cities-based History Channel show "American Pickers," has died at 58.
Fritz's co-host Mike Wolfe shared the news in an Instagram post Tuesday morning:
It’s with a broken heart that I share with all of you that Frank passed away last night.
I’ve know Frank for more then half my life and what you’ve seen on TV has always been what I have seen, a dreamer who was just as sensitive as he was funny. The same off camera as he was on, Frank had a way of reaching the hearts of so many by just being himself.
Who would have ever dreamed we would share the cockpit of a white cargo van in front of millions of people interested in our adventures.
Before the show we would take off together to places we never knew existed with no destination in mind and just the shared passion to discover something interesting and historic.
We’ve been on countless trips and shared so many miles and I feel blessed that I was there by his side when he took one last journey home. I love you buddy and will miss you so much I know your in a better place.
Fritz left the show in March of 2020. He had been hospitalized for some time after suffering a stroke in July of 2022.
He was born on Oct. 11, 1965 in Davenport.
