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Leading Men: Unscripted - Episode 2: Stuntman Jimmy Franzo (Founder, Break True Camp) had to face his own mortality in order to move past the death of his brother.
In 2015, Jimmy Franzo was in need of a heart transplant. He was on a list waiting for the next donor. Upon doctor's finding out that he had become an addict - addicted to the pain medication prescribed to him, they removed him from the transplant list, just four months before he was to have his surgery. Needless to say, it was a wake up call that Jimmy needed to change his ways from how he had been living since the death of his brother, at the age of 16. Today, Jimmy Franzo is a sculpture of health standing at 6'1". Bodyguard, stuntman and now the voice of the History Channel production, Life Below Zero, Jimmy founded Break True Camp - to help other men break through and not drop out as he once had.
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By Lyle Laver, Todd CloningerIn 2015, Jimmy Franzo was in need of a heart transplant. He was on a list waiting for the next donor. Upon doctor's finding out that he had become an addict - addicted to the pain medication prescribed to him, they removed him from the transplant list, just four months before he was to have his surgery. Needless to say, it was a wake up call that Jimmy needed to change his ways from how he had been living since the death of his brother, at the age of 16. Today, Jimmy Franzo is a sculpture of health standing at 6'1". Bodyguard, stuntman and now the voice of the History Channel production, Life Below Zero, Jimmy founded Break True Camp - to help other men break through and not drop out as he once had.