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depression you know one of the biggest
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signs of depression is being angry all
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the time that's that's definitely
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you loss of hair dude you might have had
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menopause for like 10 years you might be
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the longest known case of
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menopause from losing a family member
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early in life to losing another while
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struggling with a shocking legal battle
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with someone he loved dearly here is the
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heartbreaking tragedy of Rick Harrison
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from Pawn Stars for some decades now we
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we've been entertained by Pawn Stars one
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of the most fascinating reality TV shows
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that has ever hit our TV screens thanks
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to it we've been able to enjoy what
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seems to be the perfect mix of History
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entertainment and business Allin one
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show first and foremost on the show
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we've also been able to enjoy watching
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Rick Harrison one of the co-founders of
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the show make history over the years
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this is due to the fact that he had
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worked in the shop for most of his life
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and as such he has been able to help the
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shop grow and expand over the years
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despite all these highs as the store and
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the show continued to grow over the
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years this still doesn't mean that Rick
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didn't have to endure some hardships on
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his way up it all started when Rick was
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born all the way back on the 22nd of
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March
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1965 son of Richard Benjamin Harrison
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and Joanne Rue Harrison he was the third
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of his parents four kids well he
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actually learned something let me say
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you get more out of a book Rick you like
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to binge argue I don't like to binge
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argue you guys turn it into arguments no
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you like to binge argue for sure alas it
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is through one of his siblings that he
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would experience his first tragedy in
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life as he was forced to endure the loss
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of his oldest sister Sher Joanne
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Harrison that said that won't be the end
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of a childhood of endurance for Rick and
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his family as they were getting used to
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the loss of the oldest child in the
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family they soon had to adapt to the
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fact that Rick began experiencing
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epileptic fits by the time he was 8
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years old bed stricken to manage this
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malady Rick found that he'd spend a lot
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of his free time reading books this in
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turn developed into a lifelong love for
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reading according to him at least he may
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be able to spend the rest of his life
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reading a series of books called The
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Great Brain which was written by John D
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Fitzgerald while Rick's love for these
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books that were focused on the
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adventures of a 10-year-old Utah con
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artist named Tom D Fitzgerald remained
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through to his adulthood one would find
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that Rick still had other interests in
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other subjects whether they were
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fictional or not for example he enjoyed
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a love for physics and history as well
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he was especially a fan of all things
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concerning the Royal Navy especially
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around the late
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1700s he also seemed to enjoy a love for
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business because by the time he was in
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the 10th grade he dropped out of Taff
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middle school so that he could focus on
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selling fake Gucci bags for about $2,000
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a week not a bad return if you ask some
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of us watching this video maybe this was
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due to the fact that by 1981 his his
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parents real estate unfortunately went
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bust and we guess it may have been time
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for Rick and his siblings to start
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fending for themselves I just spent a
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lot of money on two $500 bills that's
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dumb they're only worth 1,000
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bucks well it may have been the best or
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worst timing for Rick to become a first
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timer but by the time he was 17 he also
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had to deal with the fact that Kim his
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girlfriend was pregnant with his baby
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although Rick decided to step up at the
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end of the day so that he could raise
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his first child Rick and Kim were forced
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to endure tragedy when they lost this
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baby to a
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miscarriage fortunately the couple was
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able to endure this loss and remain
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together before long they welcomed Corey
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to the World on the 27th of April
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1985 this would prove to be the birth of
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a lifelong relationship because Cory has
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proven to be an integral member of the
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pawn star team and we're sure Ricky
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won't have it any other way over time
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Cory welcomed a brother when his parents
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gave birth to Adam unfortunately though
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this would be the end of this young
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family because by 1985 Rick and Kim
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decided that it may be best for the pair
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to go their separate ways within a year
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of this divorce though Rick somehow
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found himself with Tracy his soon to be
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second wife with Tracy now part of the
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Harrison team she was on Deck to help
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Rick raise his two boys thankfully
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Tracy's influence must have been helpful
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for Rick's career because he was always
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able to delve into his interest in
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history
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this soon proved to be useful because
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when his father decided to establish a
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decent coin shop in Las Vegas he was on
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hand to contribute to the store
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success what more could you actually ask
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of a son thanks to his skills in giving
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each piece of item being sold in the
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store a bit of a historical background
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he was able to make these items more
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appealing to the customers that found
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their way to the store soon however Rick
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found that he needed to do a bit more to
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make ends meet now that he was raising a
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family soon he found that he was
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Moonlighting in a job that saw him
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repossess cars from disgruntled owners
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Rick besides Cory what are your concerns
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I just want to make sure it's a GT and I
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need to know if I can get it back to
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beautiful condition without putting me
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in bankruptcy court this seemed to
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sustain Rick and his growing family for
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a period of about 5 years after this
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time period Rick and his father had made
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enough to move their business to a
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bigger and more accommodating spot on
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Fremont Street that said this was
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shortlived and perhaps a bit premature
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as the family soon saw that they had to
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relocate once more because they had lost
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the lease to that property looking to
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take advantage of this transitional
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period Rick and his dad realized that
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this may be the perfect time for them to
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open that pawn store for a while despite
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this desire to open this pawn shop they
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soon realized that there were some
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spanners in the works thanks to this law
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that had been passed back in the
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1950s according to this law one would
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find that there are only a limited
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number of Pawn light licenses that can
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be passed apparently this issuance of
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Pawn licenses depended on the population
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of the area concerned as a result Rick
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and his father saw that they had to wait
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until the population of their city grew
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to a total of
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250,000 once this occurred they applied
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for this license and by 1989 they got it
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after overcoming some legal challenges
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Rick and Rick Junior were finally
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delighted to welcome customers into the
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Gold and Silver Pawn Shop once they were
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open they decided to focus all their
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initial effort on selling special Sports
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items as well as any unique historical
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pieces that they could get their hands
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on you know why they call it a half
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eagle no I don't okay well it's a $5
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gold piece and her standard gold coin
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was the eagle that's what everyone
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called it and that was a $10 gold piece
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oh okay the incredible cool thing is
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generally you never see one with a c on
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the back of it Over time however they
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realized that they were making the most
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money when they were selling jewelry
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items thanks to this the pair soon saw
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that their business was finally getting
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something of a reputation in Las Vegas
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by the mid 2000s they saw that they were
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lending out millions of dollars per anom
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this helped them make hundreds of
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thousands of dollars in interest and as
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such it looked like business couldn't be
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better despite this spike in business
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thanks to all the jewelry they were
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selling they were still pleased to be
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able to make a pretty penny with the
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sales of interesting sport items that
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captured the imagination of buyers
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thanks to their fascinating history for
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example take a look at this 2001 Super
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Bowl ring that they had Once Sold sales
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such as this eventually contributed to
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their growth in popularity and before
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long we saw Rick and his dad collaborate
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with the History Channel so that we
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could enjoy the pawnstars TV show today
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we must make mention of Brent Montgomery
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and Colby Gaines the pair who had the
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show as their brainchild back in
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2008 this brainchild was born during a
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visit to Las Vegas back in 2008 after
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falling in love with some of the
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interesting pawn shops that they found
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while making their way through the
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flashy City they figured that one of
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these shops could be the home of one of
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the most interesting reality TV shows
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you'd find today just imagine them
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centering the show on a family-owned
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shop they'd have to find a way to store
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all the cash they'd be making if they
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were able to pull it off properly well
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the first step was for them to find this
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family-owned pawn shop luckily for all
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parties involved the pair found the
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Harrison family and their iconic gold
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Gold and Silver Pawn Shop at that time
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the Harrison were already used to being
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in front of the cameras as they had
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previously been the focus of a PBS
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documentary a few years before as such
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they were camera ready also considering
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the fact that Rick had been harboring
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thoughts of wanting a show based on the
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shop for some time now the timing looked
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like it was perfect for all parties
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involved before long we had the pawn
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star show on our screens thanks to the
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show we got to watch as the Harrisons
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made a living trade jewelry and vintage
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items on the
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show what can I help you with came to
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sell my buttons they belong to Marie
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antoinet Marie antoinet do you know a
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lot about Marie
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antoinet at this point in time business
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was doing well especially as the shop
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had about 10,000 items in its inventory
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considering the Charisma of the family
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as well as the fascinating items that
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can be found in the store one will find
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that the show soon grew in popularity
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over the years
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thanks to the positive reviews given by
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its fans by January 2011 Pawn Stars
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proved to be so popular it was
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considered to be the highest rated show
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on the History Channel and the second
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highest rated reality TV show after
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Jersey Shore of all things considering
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how good business was over the years
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Rick believed that at some point we all
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needed to know his life story this level
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of success just had to be chronicled so
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he gave us the license to pawn
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autobiography A on its release it did so
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well that it reached number 22 on the
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New York Times Best Sellers List by June
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26th
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2011 unfortunately this was good as it
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got for Rick at that point in time
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because before the year was over Rick
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said goodbye to his second wife before
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long he was spotted getting close to
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Deanna bded a divorce just like himself
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before long this allowed him to refocus
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himself and his store down the path of
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success as a result of his efforts and
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the public it of his show Rick finally
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began to notice some growth soon he
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began to make cameos on shows such as I
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Carly and the middle within this time of
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success Rick also had to make things
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formal with Deanna before long the pair
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got married at lagona Beach
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California this act saw Rick's list of
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children grow to six as Deanna's three
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daughters were welcomed to the family
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over time Rick began to experience more
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success as he appeared on more TV shows
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while also attracting even more
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endorsement deals unfortunately this was
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just before Rick was set to experience
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another low as this was when he finally
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lost his father who could have been
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ready to say goodbye to the old man as
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he was dearly known on the show so what
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do you think pops happy anniversary I
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tell you what this is class yeah this is
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this is pimp this is no it's not pimp
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it's
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class I'm exed I mean it's beautiful you
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know how much I love these things now
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you can take Grandma out on her 50th
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wedding anniversary in style that I will
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certainly all the fans mourned the
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tragic loss of this longtime veteran as
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he eventually lost his battle with
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Parkinson's disease the entire pawnstar
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family and universe were certain that
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they'd miss the old man Richard Gerald
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Harrison as hard as it must have been
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for Rick he knew he had to overcome his
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pain so that he could assume full
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control of the shop now he'd be the only
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man in charge as such he was the only
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one who was on ground to stay steady the
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ship when the world was hit by covid-19
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the pandemic that threatened to wipe out
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Humanity it sure threatened to destroy
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many businesses such as Harrison's
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iconic pawn shop that said it is strange
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that the pawn shop encountered many
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struggles especially as we'd have
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thought that they'd be able to take
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advantage of this time that was
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difficult for everybody at that point in
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time we're sure that there would have
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been a lot of people who were looking to
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get some quick cash on their hands
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unfortunately this wasn't the cas case
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following the world's recovery from the
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Corona virus Rick revealed that the
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pandemic had also made things difficult
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for the pawn shop business it wasn't
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just his shop no apparently the entire
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pawning industry experienced a bit of a
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slump when everyone was forced to stay
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at home as people were only allowed out
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to do important things one would find
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that visiting the pawn shop was low on
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the list of priorities for most people
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as if that wasn't bad enough Rick saw
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that he had to shut down his op
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operations for some time because the
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covid-19 pandemic seemed to be at its
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worst this was back in March 2020 when
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they had to close the tourist section of
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the business for about a month that said
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the store still had its Financial
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Department open to all comers and as
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such they saw that the pandemic didn't
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prevent the different loans and business
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transactions from taking place during
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such difficult times it soon became
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clear that Rick and his team were
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willing to fight during such trying
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times Rick revealed that they they were
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even ready to accommodate the interests
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of their customers back in April 2020 he
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had lowered the interest rates and even
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given people more time to recover their
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items because they knew that this was a
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difficult time for many to Rick this may
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have been a way to give back to a town
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that had given him a lot to Rick this
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wasn't a big deal because he truly
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believed that the economy would recover
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within 6 months unfortunately this would
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prove not to be the case and by the end
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of the year the Gold and Silver Pawn
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shop would find that they only made
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about
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$37,000 that year what are you talking
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about I mean instead of a telegram they
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didn't have cell phones in 1937 we have
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all the pieces and all the provenance in
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the
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world this was shocking especially as
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the business had gotten used to making
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about $1 million every year damn the
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covid-19 pandemic as you can imagine
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this was such a grim time for Rick and
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his family well things took a turned for
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the worse when Rick had to prepare
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himself for yet another divorce looked
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like Dean and Rick had drifted apart too
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much and as such it made no sense for
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them to remain married sad times for sad
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folks looking to move on from this sad
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time Rick took some solace in the fact
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that he had gained three daughters from
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this
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relationship thanks to some support from
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Corey and his best friend Austin Chumley
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russle Rick did get back on his feet in
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fact Rick must be some sort of ladies
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man because Within a year he was already
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married to Amanda Palmer his fourth wife
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hopefully it is the fourth time the
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charm in this case as great as things
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should have been at that time Rick was
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forced back to reality as he had to deal
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with some legal issues that he was
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having with his own mom unbelievably
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they were in court because there was
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some dispute as to the ownership of the
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Gold and Silver Pawn Shop boy running a
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family business must be difficult as you
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can imagine their bond was broken just
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like the contract that an accused Rick
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of reneging from According to her just
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after she had gotten out of a coma Rick
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somehow convinced her to sign over her
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51% ownership of the pawn shop to him
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how Machiavellian is that how are you
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today I'm doing great a movie poster I
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just want you to take a look at let's
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take a look put right here I got these
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little thingies right here hold on let's
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great there oh I'm getting
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excited I have a autographed F fiction
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movie poster it's got about 13
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autographed s on it this is absolutely
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amazing of course this made Rick look
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bad to all the fans who believed that
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Rick was someone who took care of his
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family turns out that when Rick senior
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died Rick failed to give his mother the
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full Financial records of the business
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and this was concerning to her
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especially as she believed that she had
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not received the proper records for more
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than $500,000 in cash and sliver that
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her husband had in his possession before
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he finally died to add insult to injury
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Joanne also claimed that Rick had also
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stopped sending her money from the
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proceeds of her late husband's business
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this is important because she had
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previously received regular $25,000
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checks from her son before her husband
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died as such Joanne turned to the courts
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to get this allowance reinstated and
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enforced the formal Declaration of
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accounts on her son as you can imagine
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the fans were worried about the status
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of Rick's business especially as Joanne
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had filed a restraining order against
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her son so that he wouldn't be able to
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sell any of his family assets the order
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would also prevent Rick from moving or
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hiding any money or taking any other
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actions that may jeopardize the Gold and
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Silver Pawn Shop add the fact that Rick
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is also compelled to pay some damages
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give full accounts of all the assets and
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forced to stop using what may be
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considered to be his mother's money and
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you'd find that Rick may be having one
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hell of a headache at this point in time
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incredibly however one will find that
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Rick has dismissed this story by
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claiming that it is untrue you know what
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sham I'm going to let you put them on on
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the wall and we'll see what happens if
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you sell them you can have half the
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money now who's the smart
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one to him he believes that his mother
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is being influenced to make some strange
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Decisions by strange people who are only
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looking to benefit from her in response
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however one would find that Joanne
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doesn't seem to be backing down she was
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eager to let the world know that while
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Rick has been enjoying the benefits of
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his Fame and the proceeds of the family
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business she's been abandoned to live a
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life of insecurity as she no longer has
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any money to take care of medical needs
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and her personal expenses every month
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this is understandable because Joanne is
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an octogenarian who has medical issues
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that require round-the-clock care for
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those who have elderly parents they'd
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know that these costs can rise up to
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hundreds of thousands of dollars every
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month and as such she's going to need
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all the help they can get however it
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doesn't help matters that Rick only
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learned about the restraining order from
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the news in response to this
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heartbreaking development Rick reported
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that he'd been trying to reach out to
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her for months but he had been unable to
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get a hold of her it must have been a
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shame for him to hear from her only
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through this lawsuit as such one would
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find that this was a huge blow for him
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to take unfortunately there were still
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worse things to come in Rick's future
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and it may be considered to be even
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worse than this lawsuit with his mother
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unfortunately just in January of 2024
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Rick lost his son Adam to Fentanyl and
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methamphetamine overdose after noticing
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that Adam seemed to have disappeared at
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some point in time earlier that year his
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landlord found him unresponsive alarmed
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he contacted the police and before long
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the Harrison learned of their family
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members recent
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demise following this Rick released an
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Instagram post of himself and his son
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which was captioned with a quote saying
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you'll always be in my heart I love you
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Adam as such it is important that we
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respect the family family's wishes in
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such trying times as such many
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respectfully offered their condolences
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while letting the family mourn their
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tragic loss sure he was never on the
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show but his presence in the family will
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surely be missed for now Rick is doing
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his best to overcome this loss by
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running for political office in Nevada
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maybe he may even be able to run as a US
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senator in
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2024 he was also inducted into the
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Kentucky Colonel the highest honor given
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by the state of Kentucky let's hope that
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this will help him overcome the many
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tragedies he had endured in his life
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from losing a family member early in
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life to losing another while struggling
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with a shocking legal battle with
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someone he loved dearly here is the
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heartbreaking tragedy of Rick Harrison
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from Pawn Stars
