Richard Benjamin Harrison
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Richard Benjamin Harrison Jr. (March 4, 1941 – June 25, 2018), also known as The Old Man and The Appraiser, was an American businessman and reality television presenter best known as the co-owner of the World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop, which was featured on History Channel series Pawn Stars.
Harrison and his son Rick Harrison were co-owners of the pawn shop.
They opened the store in 1989 together, "The Old Man" was usually referred to by his nickname, which he earned at the age of 38.
Early life
Richard Benjamin Harrison Jr. was born in Danville, Virginia, on March 4, 1941, and he was of Irish descent. Corey Harrison's grandfather has remarked that his grandmother is related to President William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison. Harrison said that he did not give much credence to this theory.
Harrison and his family moved to Lexington, North Carolina, where they lived at 115 Peacock Avenue, just off the South Main Street. Harrison attended Lexington High School but left early in junior year. Harrison's family was poor, and he wanted to make money when he was 14, so he started early in the morning and picked up the schoolchildren for which he was paid five or six dollars a week.
Personal life
Harrison was particularly passionate about automobiles. The Imperial Crown, which took him fifteen years to convince the former owner to sell; American Restoration, Counting Cars and American Pickers; and the mid-1960s B&Z Electric cart, which he said could be converted into a golf cart; and the 1966 Imperial Crown, which was on display in Pawn Stars.
Harrison was usually referred to as "The Old Man" because he began at 38 years old.
Business career
Harrison and his wife, who had just $5,000, migrated with their three children to Las Vegas, Nevada, where Harrison and his son Rick opened Gold & Silver Coin Shop in a 300 square foot shop at 1501 Las Vegas Boulevard in April 1981. The family relocated to 413 Fremont Street, where it remained for two years before the Harrisons lost their lease. Harrisons obtained a license to purchase and sell secondhand products in 1987.
Harrison opened 713 Las Vegas Boulevard South, less than two miles from the Las Vegas Strip, in 1989. Jewelry is the most common product brought into the store. The store had 12,000 items in its inventory as of July 2011, 10,000 of which were normally held on pawn. Despite being able to attend the show, Harrison was usually the first to arrive at the store in the morning and by 2010, he had not had a sick day since 1994.
Harrison, his son Rick, grandson Corey, and Corey's cousin and employee Austin Russell ("Chumlee") appeared on the History Channel from July 19, 2009 to his death. Harrison was depicted as saying little and quickly angered. Chumlee has said he is old and cranky, while Harrison says, "My job on the show is to be a grump." Pawn Stars was the highest-rated program on the History Channel and the second highest-rated reality show program behind Jersey Shore within ten weeks of its debut. The average number of clients in the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop increased from 70 to 700 per day over the same period. Between 3,000 and 5,000 people came to the store each day in February 2012.