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Article content George Jung passed away on Wednesday at his Massachusetts home, aged 78. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or George Jung, drug kingpin who inspired the movie 'Blow,' dead Back to video According to TMZ, he had been in hospice care over the weekend after recently experiencing liver and kidney failure, and died with his wife Ronda and friend Roger by his side. Jung was a member of the Medellin Cartel and became a key figure in the U.S. cocaine trade in the 1970s and early 1980s, smuggling tons of drugs into the country from Colombia...

Johnny Depp in the film Blow, died on Wednesday at the age of 78. Jung's Instagram account shared a post announcing his death Wednesday (May 5) morning in his hometown of Weymouth, Massachusetts. "R.I.P. #georgejung Passed passed away this morning in his hometown of #weymouth #massachusetts #bostongeorge #the last #outlaw," the caption read along with a photo of Jung smoking a cigarette. Jung's Twitter account also posted the following message in relation to news of his passing Wednesday morning: "May the wind always be at your back and the sun upon your face, and the winds of destiny carry ...

According to TMZ, Jung’s cause of death is unknown, though he recently experienced liver and kidney failure. He had been in home hospice care since the weekend, the outlet reported. Also Read: Jung was famous for being part of the Medellin Cartel and helping Pablo Escobar smuggle cocaine into the United States. According to Business Insider, at its peak in the ’80s, Escobar’s cartel was responsible for distributing 80% of the world’s cocaine for a weekly profit of $420 million. Jung served 20 years in prison and was released in 2014, but landed back in prison two years later after vi...

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He'd become intrigued by the saga of George Jung, a suburban Massachusetts native who moved to California in the '60s and became a conduit for importing marijuana and then cocaine into the U.S., the latter at the behest of Colombia’s Medellín Cartel, led by Pablo Escobar. "The story of George Jung was, well, mind-blowing to me," Demme later admitted. "It's the story of the American Dream gone terribly wrong, about a small-town boy who poured all his talent and dreams into trafficking cocaine in huge quantities. He was a guy who wanted to control his own destiny, who wanted to live by his o...