What is George Jung?
{{Infobox criminal | name = George Jung | image = Jung-02.png | birth_name = George Jacob Jung | birth_date = {{Birth date|mf=y|1942|8|6}} | birth_place = [[Boston, Massachusetts]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=y|2021|5|5|1942|8|6}} | death_place = [[Weymouth, Massachusetts]], U.S. | occupation = Drug trafficker and smuggler | conviction_status = Deceased | spouse = | children = Kristina Sunshine Jung, step daughter Clara Pearson | parents = Frederick Jung and Ermine Jung | conviction = [[Illegal drug trade|Drug trafficking and smuggling]] | image_caption = Jung in [[Federal Correctional Institution, La Tuna|La Tuna]] prison in 2010 | image_name = <!-- http://a4.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/41/83754ede468f4c3453711cefccf85949/l.jpg --> | alias = Boston George, El Americano | conviction_penalty = }} '''George Jacob Jung''' (August 6, 1942 – May 5, 2021), nicknamed '''Boston George''' and '''El Americano''', was an American [[drug trafficker]] and [[smuggler]]. He was an important figure in the [[Cocaine#Economics|cocaine trade]] in the [[United States]] in the 1970s and early 1980s. Jung was a part of the [[Medellín Cartel]], which was responsible for up to 90% of the [[cocaine]] smuggled into the United States. His life story was based in the biopic ''[[Blow (movie)|Blow]]'' (2001), starring [[Johnny Depp]] as Jung. Jung was released from [[prison]] on June 2, 2014, after serving nearly 20 years for drug smuggling.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newsweek.com/blow-drug-trafficker-george-jung-released-jail-253366 | title='Blow' Drug Trafficker George Jung Released From Jail | author= Zach Schonfeld | work=[[Newsweek]] | date=June 6, 2014 | access-date=April 24, 2015 }}</ref> Jung died at his home in [[Weymouth, Massachusetts]] from [[liver failure|liver]] and [[kidney failure]] on May 5, 2021 at the age of 78.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/george-jung-death-blow-depp-b1842618.html|title=George Jung death: Drug smuggler who inspired film 'Blo