George Jung -- the prolific cocaine smuggler portrayed by Johnny Depp in the movie "Blow" -- has died.
Sources close to the situation tell TMZ ... George died Wednesday morning at home in the Boston area. The cause of death is currently not known, though he had recently been experiencing liver & kidney failure.
We're told he had been in home hospice care since this past weekend & died with his girlfriend, Ronda, & friend, Roger, by his side. We're told he will be cremated.
George's Twitter account tweeted a quote from the film Wednesday, “May the wind always be at your back and the sun upon your face, & the winds of destiny carry you aloft to dance with the stars. 1942-2021."
"Boston George," as he was known, served 20 years in prison for running drugs. He was released in 2014, but ultimately landed back behind bars just 2 years later for violating his parole by failing to inform his parole officer he would be hitting up San Diego.
He was famous for being part of the Medellin Cartel & helping Pablo Escobar smuggle planeloads of cocaine into the U.S. That was a big deal because, at the time, Escobar's cartel was responsible for distributing 80% of the world's cocaine & about 15 tons of blow reportedly came into the U.S. per day ... for a weekly haul of $420 million.
George's story was ultimately written in the book "Blow: How a Small-Town Boy Made $100 Million with the Medellin Cocaine Cartel & Lost It All" & then in the 2001 flick starring Johnny Depp & Penelope Cruz.
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Source: TMZ
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