Pawn Stars showrunner Rick Harrison has lost his mother. The 85-year-old Joanne Harrison breathed her last in a Las Vegas hospital on Thursday. According to The Daily Mail, Harrison's publicity representative, Laura Herlovich, has confirmed development, adding that he is maintaining a 'tight inner circle' following the tragedy.The news comes a little more than a year after the 60-year-old reality star lost his middle son, Adam, to an accidental overdose. He had died after overdosing on a cocktail of fentanyl and methamphetamine, according to the coroner.In a statement to TMZ, Rick Harrison expressed grief over his son's passing and blamed the unfortunate condition of the country's drug crisis. He had said,“The fentanyl crisis in this country must be taken more seriously. It seems it is just flowing over the borders and nothing is being done about it. We must do better.”Rick Harrison's father, Richard ‘The Old Man’ Harrison, passed away in 2018 after a long battle with Parkinson's Disease. The septuagenarian patriarch was the co-owner of Gold & Silver Pawn Shop with Rick, their family business, which made him a household name around the globe.What happened to Rick Harrison's son?Rick lost his middle son, Adam, to a drug overdose in early 2024. The 39-year-old had a history of battling addiction and had undergone rehab multiple times. Senior Harrison had posted a moving tribute on Instagram saying,“You will always be in my heart! I love you Adam” View this post on Instagram Instagram PostEarlier this year, in March, Harrison had appeared on the In Depth with Graham Bessinger podcast and spoke about dealing with the loss of a son. He had said,“I think about him every day. In his 20s, he had the drug problems, I mean, I put him in rehab so many times, and every time he'd do great and then fall back; you'll hear the same story from a million people...”Rick Harrison also mused about what he could have done to stop his untimely passing. He said,“When you lose a kid, you second-guess f***ing everything. It's like, 'Could I have done this? Could I have done this?'.”The podcast episode is available to stream on YouTube.Pawn Stars last aired in June 2022, completing its 23rd season, and has been on a hiatus ever since. Interestingly, Rick's youngest, Corey, a regular cast member on the show, had announced his departure before filming what now became the final season. In an interview with the Las Vegas Review, he had said,“At some point, you’ve got to prepare for the end. I’d be stupid not to be prepared. I look at it that way. I’m set up for the future. I’ve loved filming the show, being on the show, but the past few years have been rough. I’m ready to move on.”Corey has since moved to Mexico and is no longer a part of his family's business.For more updates on pop culture, keep reading Soap Central!