Former American PickersFrank Fritz, the star of The History Series, has been through a difficult few years. Fritz lost his income after Mike Wolfe confirmed Fritz was fired from the History series. After a setback in his health, Fritz was hospitalized and sent to rehabilitation. All of those things cost money, and now the former reality star’s financial trajectory is not looking good at all. He’s actually spending a lot on medical care.
The care of the former has been a focus in recent weeks PickersStar has been taken over and is now under conservatorshipLegal paperwork has been completed on his behalf. He was placed under guardianship and his finances were taken over by a bank. Now, the bank in question, the MidWestOne Bank, has filed paperwork indicating Fritz’s expenses are tallying up to $28,292 a month. If you multiply that by 12 months, it comes to more than $273K per year.
The legal documentation (via) states that Central RecorderFrank Fritz has a current need “in-home healthcare” which is costing the lion’s share of the aforementioned monthly tally. His care currently costs $22,832 per month. Other expenses include transportation, health insurance, food, and $250 per month for clothing.
These additional expenses are responsible for thousands more per month. Fritz’s 2021 tax form shows Fritz is currently making $60K per annum after he was dropped. American Pickers. He still maintains a storefront selling merchandize and antiques (including American PickersYou can read more about his firing here) and the legal paperwork mentions additional investments.
Before his health problems. Fritz was hoping for another reality seriesHowever, given his current problems, it does not seem likely that he will be able to return to work in the near future. The conservatorship will instead invest more to recover some of the $28,292 per month costs.
Fritz isn’t currently in debt but that could change. MidWestOne Bank is working to reportedly save Fritz. “integrate Mr. Fritz into management decisions as he continues to recover.”It also says that it will work to obtain him on disability.
Frank Fritz’s strokeIt was a serious moment. Mike Wolfe, his co-star, even took to Twitter in July to share the news. This opened up the possibility of Fritz being discussed for the first time since months. He also took advantage of the opportunity to ask fans who had been banging the drum for months about Fritz’s returnhe could not, as the star was addressing his medical concerns. (For his part Fritz was allegedly unhappily Wolfe broke the story online.)
Months have passed since then, and it’s clear the health issues are lingering, though it seems that with these new legal guards in place the PickersHe will be supported by his sidekick. Fritz will be in our thoughts during this difficult time.