Is George Young from the movie Blow still alive?

George Jung, the subject of the biopic Blow (2001) is still alive. He currently resides at a low security Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Fort Dix, New Jersey, which is about 40 miles from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and 30 miles from the New Jersey shore.

Jung is serving out the last two years of a 15-year 3 charge conspiracy sentence. His actual/projected release date is November 27, 2014. He'll be 72-years-old on that date and will have 8 years of parole waiting.

Nicknamed "Boston George", he was a major player in the 1970s and 1980s coke trade and a member of the Medellin Cartel.

Updated on Thursday, November 08 2012 at 04:33PM EST
Source: www.bop.gov/...