If you've never seen the History Channel's reality TV series 'Pawn Stars' you're truly missing out. Not only was it a truly unique television concept, but Richard Benjamin Harrison truly shone as owner of the pawn shop with his son, Richard Harrison. They opened the World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop in 1989 and it ended up making both of them famous, too.
Harrison's is a true rags to riches fairytale. On their last $5,000, he and his wife took a chance and moved to Las Vegas with their three sons. It was here that he opened his first pawn shop and ended up becoming a reality TV star. By the time he was famous, his store went from 70 visitors per day to 3,000 to 5,000 per day. Harrison suffered from Parkinson's disease and eventually lost the battle at age 77 on June 25, 2018.