Kristina Sunshine Jung is famous for being the daughter of George Jung, an infamous illegal substance dealer from the US during the 70s and early 80s. Read on.
George Jung, Who Made Millions Smuggling Cocaine, Dies at 78
Part of the Medellín drug cartel, he was imprisoned multiple times and was later played by Johnny Depp in the 2001 movie “Blow.”
The cocaine smuggler George Jung at a screening of “Blow,” a movie about his life, in 2018. “I don’t call myself a gangster,” he once said. “I’m an outlaw.” Credit.Greg Doherty/Getty Images
May 9, 2021
George Jung, a cocaine smuggler who, at the height of his criminal career in the 1970s and ’80s, reaped millions of dollars a day from running drugs through the notorious Medellín cartel, died on Wednesday in hospice care in his hometown, Weymouth, Mass. He was 78.
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Blow, is survived by his daughter Kristina Sunshine Jung and other family members.
Blow, where he was portrayed by actor Johnny Depp.
Jung leaves behind his wife Ronda and only daughter Kristina Sunshine, whom he had with his former wife Mirtha.
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George Jung has died aged 78
George Jung passed away on Wednesday morning (May 5th), TMZ has first reported, citing sources close to the situation.
His cause of death is unknown and the publication has added that he had been struggling with a liver and kidney failure.
Updated: 6:56 PM EDT May 5, 2021 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 morning in his hometown of Weymouth, according to a post shared on his Instagram page.A post on Jung s Twitter account also confirmed his death by sharing his lifespan (1942-2001) and a quote from the movie Blow, in which he was portrayed by Johnny Depp in 2001. May the wind always be at your back and the sun upon your face, and the winds of destiny carry you aloft to dance with the stars, the tweet reads.Neither of the social media posts revealed the cause of Jung s death.Jung, known as Boston George and El Americano, was a major player in the U.S. cocaine trade in 1970s and early 80s as part of Pablo Escobar s Medellín Cartel.He was arrested in 1994 and was imprisoned for 20 years.TMZ is reporting that Jung had recently been experien