George Jung, the drug smuggler immortalized by Johnny Depp in “Blow,” left Weymouth for California in the late ’60s with pennies in his pocket, two cases of Budweiser in the backseat and his best pal ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) -- George Jung, a notorious drug smuggler whose life story was made into the film "Blow" starring Johnny Depp, gave a wide-ranging interview to KPIX 5 reporter Cate Cauguiran at ...

The infamous George Jung, whose life as a cocaine dealer was brought to the big screen when Johnny Depp portrayed him in Blow, has been released from jail, according to reports. TMZ captured a photo ...

Jung helped Pablo Escobar with shipments into the U.S. George Jung, the cocaine smuggler portrayed by Johnny Depp in “Blow,” died on Wednesday at the age of 78. According to TMZ, Jung’s cause of death ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- One year ago, the notorious ex-cocaine kingpin George Jung walked out of prison and landed in San Francisco. Since then, he's made a lot of people very proud. "George is a ...

Drug smuggler and original Medellin cartel associate George Jung was serving almost 20 years in prison when Johnny Depp portrayed him in 2001’s Blow (based on the book BLOW: How a Small Town Boy Made ...

A Massachusetts man who was a major player in the U.S. cocaine trade in the 1970s and 1980s, and the subject of the biographical crime film "Blow," is dead at the age of 78.George Jung died Wednesday ...

DRUG peddler, George Jung, served prison time for almost 20 years prior to his 2021 death. In the wake of his death, the former drug trafficker left behind his ex-wife Mirtha and some are curious to ...

There’s a quote that pervades through Blow, the 2001 biopic with a killer soundtrack based on the life of cocaine smuggler George Jung. It goes, “Sometimes you’re flush and sometimes you’re bust, and ...

George Jung, the drug trafficker known as El Americano who inspired Johnny Depp's film Blow and helped Pablo Escobar smuggle planeloads of cocaine into the United States, has died aged 78. The ...

GEORGE Jung passed away on May 5, 2021 at the age of 78. The former drug trafficker left behind his wife Ronda and only child Kristina Sunshine, who he had with ex-wife Mirtha. Please provide a valid ...