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"He will be tremendously missed by our family, the team at Gold & Silver Pawn and his many fans the world over," his son, Rick, says.
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00:00Richard Harrison, known as the old man on Pawn Stars, died Monday. He was 77.
00:05His son and show co-star Rick Harrison wrote in a post on Instagram,
00:09He added,
00:30The reality TV series Pawn Stars airs on History and is filmed in Las Vegas at the world-famous
00:49gold and silver pawn shop that opened in 1989. The show stars the late Harrison and Rick,
00:54along with Rick's son Cory, Big Hoss Harrison, and Cory's childhood friend Austin Chumlee Russell.
01:00The show premiered in July 2009 and features a number of local experts who visit the shop to
01:05help evaluate the rare and often kooky items brought in by sellers.
01:09When he was in office, it was like right at the end of the industrial revolution.
01:12The late Harrison provided a lot of the comic relief on the series.
01:21The old man wasn't afraid to bust the chops of his son and others who worked in the shop.
01:25For more on this story, head to THR.com. For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.
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