Fallen WWF Wrestlers

realneo · Posted: 13 Mar 2007 09:27 PM Post subject:

this info is from wikipedia

"classy" freddie blassy
He died on June 2, 2003 from heart failure and kidney failure.

andre the giant
André went back to France just after New Years 1993 for his father's funeral. Four weeks afterward, André played cards with some of his old friends, then, at night, drove back to Paris to sleep in a hotel. On the morning of January 28, 1993, André's chauffeur found him dead in his hotel room. He had died in his sleep at the age of 46, and his death was attributed to congestive heart failure from a build-up of fluid in the body. Although he was aware of his pituitary gigantism/acromegaly, he chose not to be treated for the pituitary tumor which eventually led to his death.
André was cremated, and his ashes were spread all over his ranch in Ellerbe, North Carolina.

earthquake
John "Earthquake" Tenta passed away this morning at the age of 42 after a lengthy battle with bladder cancer. Tenta is survived by his wife and three kids.

miss elizabeth
On May 1, 2003 in Marietta, Georgia, Lex Luger/Larry Pfohl (with whom she was living)9-1-1 from his home and reported that Elizabeth was not breathing. The 9-1-1 operator told him to give her mouth to mouth resuscitation, but Elizabeth did not respond. Paramedics rushed her to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead at age 42.
Police launched an investigation because, two weeks prior to her death, Lex Luger had been arrested on charges of domestic violence. Police found pills of hydrocodone and alprazolam (Xanax) as well as anabolic steroids, testosterone and saizen in the home Luger and Hulette shared. The subsequent autopsy showed that Hulette died of an accidental drug overdose, having ingested some of the medications with vodka.

big boss man
Traylor died in his home from a "massive" heart attack related to years of anabolic steroid use in Paulding County, Georgia on September 22, 2004 at the age of 42.

eddie guerrero
On November 13, 2005, Guerrero was found dead by his nephew Chavo, in his hotel room in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at the Marriott City Center Hotel. Eddie was 38 years old. An autopsy revealed that Guerrero died as a result of acute heart failure, caused by undiagnosed arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease and enlargement of the heart as a result of prior anabolic steroid abuse

mr. perfect (curt hennig)
On February 10, 2003, Hennig was found dead in a Florida hotel room, just before a scheduled wrestling match. He was 44 years old. The Tampa Coroner's office and the Tampa Medical Examiner's office declared acute cocaine intoxication the official cause of his death. His father said a lethal combination of steroids and painkillers contributed to his death.

gorilla monsoon
He made his last public appearance as a judge for the Brawl for All in 1999 at WrestleMania XV. Marella died of heart failure on October 6, 1999

junkyard dog
Sylvester Ritter died on June 2, 1998, in a single-car accident on Interstate 20 near Forest, Mississippi as he was returning home from his daughter Latoya's high school graduation in Wadesboro, North Carolina. The apparent cause was falling asleep at the wheel. He was 45 years old.

road warrior "hawk"
Michael Hegstrand died on October 19, 2003 in the early morning in his home in Indian Rocks Beach, Florida at the age of 46. His friends said that he and his wife Dale had recently bought a condominium near their current home and were packing their boxes the night before. Hegstrand said that he felt tired and went to take a nap. When his wife checked on him at about 1 A.M., he had died of an apparent heart attack. He had battles with alcohol and drugs throughout his career and was an admitted steroids user.

the texas tornado
In February 1992, Kerry was arrested for forging a prescription. In October, he was sentenced to a $6000 fine and 10 years of probation.
On February 17, 1993, Kerry was arrested at an apartment complex in Irving, Texas, for possession of cocaine. Fearing a prison sentence for violating his probation, Kerry shot himself in the chest the next day and died. He used a .44 caliber pistol, which he had given to his father for Christmas the year before.
He was the third brother in the Von Erich family to have committed suicide (Mike in 1987 and Chris in 1991).

bam bam bigelow
On the morning of January 19, 2007, Bigelow was found dead in his home by Remiesiewicz at approximately 10:00 A.M. in Hudson, Florida. He was 45 years old. At the time of his death, Bigelow had been suffering from a persistent infection and diabetes.

big john studd
Studd died from liver cancer and Hodgkin's disease in 1995. He is survived by his son John Minton, Jr., who accepted his plaque upon his posthumous induction to the WWE Hall of Fame in 2004. Minton, Jr. also participated in the fourth series of MTV's reality show WWE Tough Enough 4.

dino bravo
Bresciano was shot dead in his Laval mansion, aged forty-four. Rumors circled that Bresciano, having retired from wrestling, was supporting himself as part of a cigarette smuggling ring run by elements of organized crime in the city. His murder appears to be unsolved as of today.

hercules
Fernandez died in his sleep in his home in March of 2004, the cause of death was attributed to heart disease according to Fernandez wife.

davey boy smith
Smith died on May 18, 2002 after suffering a heart attack while on vacation in Invermere, British Columbia with his girlfriend, Bruce Hart's estranged wife Andrea Redding. An autopsy revealed that past anabolic steroid use might have played a part in his death, however no certain reason was found although a coroner said "Davey paid the price with steroid cocktails and human-growth hormones."

"ravashing" rick rude
Rude died on April 20, 1999 after suffering heart failure. The believed cause of death may have been an overdose of Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) and steroids. An autopsy report showed he died from an overdose of "mixed medications". In 1994 he testified that he had used anabolic steroids to build muscle mass and relieve joint pain.

owen hart
On May 23, 1999 Owen Hart tragically fell to his death in Kansas City, Missouri, during the WWF Over the Edge pay-per-view event. Owen was in the process of being lowered into the ring from the rafters of Kemper Arena for a booked WWF Intercontinental Championship match against The Godfather. In keeping with the Blazer's new 'buffoonish superhero' character, Hart was to be lowered to just above ring level, at which time he would release himself from the safety harness and then comically fall flat on his face. He had performed the stunt only a few times before, and was worried about performing the stunt at Kemper Arena due to the height involved (Owen had a fear of heights). Something went wrong with the stunt and Owen fell from the catwalk and died from his injuries less than an hour later. Owen Hart was 34 years old.Owen was transported to the Truman Medical Center in Kansas City, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The cause was later revealed to be internal bleeding from blunt chest trauma.Owen left behind a widow, Martha, and two children, Oje Edward and Athena. Martha Hart settled her wrongful death lawsuit against the WWF for approximately $18 million[1], and used the funds to establish the Owen Hart Foundation. Martha wrote a book about Owen's life in 2002 called Broken Harts.

realneo · Posted: 13 Mar 2007 09:37 PM Post subject:

Juanita wright (Sapphire) (09-10-96) she was the black chick with dusty rhodes
Not much is known about Juanita from the time she left the WWF and the time she died in St. Louis, at age 61, of a heart attack in 1996.

joey marella (the ref) (07-04-94)
Joey Marella refereed for the World Wrestling Federation beginning in 1986. In 1987, Joey served as the referee for the much hyped match between Hulk Hogan and André the Giant at WrestleMania III, as well as the 1992 SummerSlam main event of Bret Hart versus Davey Boy Smith. He died on July 4, 1994 after he fell asleep at the wheel and crashed while driving home after a night of refereeing WWF matches. David Lauer, better known by his ring name Harvey Wippleman, was said to be with him at the time

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realneo · Posted: 20 Mar 2007 01:58 PM Post subject:

Allen James Coage (October 22, 1943 – March 6, 2007), also known as Bad News Brown
Coage died in the morning of March 6, 2007 in his hometown of Calgary at Rockyview Hospital, having been rushed to the hospital after complaining of chest pains

elchrist · Posted: 13 Aug 2007 01:46 PM Post subject:

Someone forgot to add Chris Benoit to the list.

I'll go ahead and add:

Crush (Brian Adams)
April 14, 1964 - August 13, 2007

realneo · Posted: 13 Aug 2007 01:52 PM Post subject:

elchrist · Posted: 13 Aug 2007 02:00 PM Post subject:

elchrist · Posted: 21 Nov 2007 01:31 PM Post subject:

The Fabulous Moolah (Mary Lillian Ellison)
July 22, 1923 – November 2, 2007

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fabulous_Moolah#Death

Trivia: I heard on Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! that The Fabulous Moolah picked her named because she only started wrestling for the money.