It’s actually kind of difficult to know how to feel when hearing of the passing of George Jung, who was also known as “Boston George” and on top of that, as the man that Johnny Depp portrayed in the movie Blow. The movie detailed how Jung started out smuggling marijuana and moved up to smuggling cocaine while making a fortune doing so. The difficulty lies in thinking that after being arrested, Jung did his time and on top of that it’s fair t wonder if apart from smuggling the stuff if he ever did anything else that was so uniquely
George Jung, Who was Portrayed by Johnny Depp in Blow Dies at 78...
George Jung, Who was Portrayed by Johnny Depp in Blow Dies at 78...
- 5/10/2021
- by Tom
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