{"id":3454,"date":"2023-10-21T20:23:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T18:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=3454"},"modified":"2023-10-21T20:23:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T18:23:26","slug":"mike-wolfe-endures-tragic-loss-on-american-pickers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=3454","title":{"rendered":"Mike Wolfe endures tragic loss on \u2018American Pickers\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>American Pickers has been on for over a decade and people seem to love it. It features antique and collectible pickers Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz, who\u2019s no longer on the show following a severe back injury and a feud with his co-host. The two travel around the United States to \u201cpick\u201d various items for resale, for clients, or for their personal collections.<\/p>\n<p>They scavenge people\u2019s homes, garages, and basements for treasure.<br \/>\nOver the course of more than 300 episodes, Wolfe and Frank have become one of the most famous TV duos, but their relationship seems to have broken down. Frank revealed that he and Wolfe haven\u2019t spoken in two years.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-03-19-180657.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"733\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-03-19-180657.webp 733w, https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-03-19-180657-300x153.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Frank has gone through some personal problems and doctors weren\u2019t optimistic as to how much time he has left at the time. Apparently, he\u2019s now doing better than before. He has lost significant amount of weight and is sober for some time now.<\/p>\n<p>Wolfe shared a beautiful tribute to his friend on his Instagram which included photos and video clips featuring Peterson. He confessed that Peterson was much more than a reoccurring guest of the show, and in fact, was Wolfe\u2019s biggest mentor.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-04-10-02.50.47-768x394-1.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"394\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-04-10-02.50.47-768x394-1.webp 768w, https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-04-10-02.50.47-768x394-1-300x154.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA few days ago we lost a man that we looked to as a mentor. Not just with mechanical things but in how we should live our lives. Bob was an example to us as someone that loved life and seized each day with so much passion. Always there to help with such conviction and of course humor. He was from an era that we can only romanticize about now. My life and so many others lives were better with him in it. He will be greatly missed. I love you my friend,\u201d Wolfe wrote.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-03-19-180723.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"730\" height=\"487\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-03-19-180723.webp 730w, https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-03-19-180723-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Pickers has been on for over a decade and people seem to love it. It features antique and collectible pickers Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz, who\u2019s no longer on the show following a severe back injury and a feud with his co-host. The two travel around the United States to \u201cpick\u201d various items for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3454"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3458,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3454\/revisions\/3458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}