American Pickers star Mike Wolfe gets touching tribute from girlfriend on 60th birthday - after death of co-host

American Pickers star Mike Wolfe got a sweet serenade from his girlfriend Leticia Cline to celebrate his 60th birthday. The lighthearted post arrived just two days after Mike somberly remembered his late co-host Frank Fritz, who died on September 30, two years after suffering a stroke that he 'never fully recovered' from. The lighthearted post arrived just two days after Mike somberly remembered his late co-host Frank Fritz, who died on September 30, two years after suffering a stroke that he 'never fully recovered' from; Fritz pictured in 2012 in NYC Fritz had died while in a hospice facility in Iowa after failing to recover from his massive stroke; seen in 2011 in NYC 'Here's the deal. At that time, Fritz also suffered from a back injury at his residence and soon had to undergo surgery; seen in 2010 'He became addicted to opioids, and that's when everything changed,' Wolfe added to People; Fritz seen in 2010 in NYC 'Watching Frank doing some of the things that he was doing, it was really hard,' he admitted. His death was confirmed in a Facebook post which read: 'This is a very tough announcement to make' Wolfe also confirmed Frank's passing on Instagram, and wrote, 'It's with a broken heart that I share with all of you that Frank passed away last night' 'I just told him that I wasn't mad at him and that I loved him and that I cared about him so much,' Wolfe expressed; Fritz seen in 2011 in Iowa 'I was there for about an hour before he passed, and I was holding his hand and rubbing his chest when he took his last breath.