Characters on TV shows die all the time, but reality television complicates things. When a colorful, well-known personality from a non-scripted TV series passes away, the death is extremely not-make-believe for fans and co-stars alike. Richard Harrison, a.k.a. "the Old Man," star of the long-running trash n' treasures-meets-workplace series Pawn Stars, died in 2018 at the age of 77. The gruff, always nattily-dressed Harrison owned and opened the World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop, a 24-hour store in Las Vegas, and over the years brought his son Rick Harrison, grandson Corey Harrison, and family friend Austin Russell (Chumlee) on board to run the shop. It made for consistent, fun television... up until the Old Man passed on.

A combination of a TV star and TV character, viewers welcomed Harrison into their homes over several hundred episodes. His presence from the pawn shop and Pawn Stars will be missed. Here are some things the world has learned about the Old Man since he passed on.