| 12/16/17 |
Frank Gotch |
Uremic Poisoning |
39 |
| 08/25/50 |
Earl Caddock |
Dies at home |
62 |
| 05/??/71 |
Curtis “Spike” Peterson |
Fractured neck in a bout with Sam Abraham, dies in Richland Center, WI. |
?? |
| 07/??/51 |
Jeanette Wolf |
Dies following tag match. |
18 |
| 06/??/58 |
David Von Erich |
Dies on operating table while being treated for brain tumor. |
?? |
| ??/??/59 |
Jack Von Erich Jr. |
Electrocution |
7 |
| 12/26/63 |
“Gorgeous” George Wagner |
Heart Attack |
48 |
| 01/16/65 |
Yukon Eric |
Suicide with a .22 calibur pistol after a match in GA. |
41 |
| 08/07/66 |
Ed “Strangler” Lewis |
Dies at home in Muskogee, OK. |
?? |
| 09/23/67 |
Stanislaus Zybysko |
Dies at home in Missouri. |
88 |
| 07/02/69 |
“Iron” Mike DiBiase |
Heart Attack in ring following match with Man Mountain Mike in Lubbock, TX. |
?? |
| 06/16/71 |
Alberto Torres |
Dies at Immanuel Hospital in Omaha, NE, as a result of injuries suffered six days earlier. |
?? |
| Hercules Cortez |
Car accident in Minnesota |
?? |
| 06/03/73 |
Dory Funk Sr. |
Dies at home in Amarillo, TX. |
54 |
| 02/20/75 |
Bobby Shane |
Plane Crash |
?? |
| 08/19/75 |
Jim Londos |
Heart Attack |
78 |
| ??/??/78 |
?? |
David Von Erich’s infant daughter dies. |
?? |
| 06/30/79 |
Chris Taylor |
Dies at home in Story City, Iowa. |
29 |
| 06/13/82 |
High Chief Peter Maivia |
Dies of cancer in Hawaii. |
47 |
| 10/12/83 |
The Grand Wizard |
Dies in sleep from Heart Attack at home in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. |
54 |
| 02/10/84 |
David Von Erich |
Dies in sleep from acute enteritis in Tokyo, Japan. |
25 |
| 05/??/84 |
Vince McMahon Sr. |
no cause known |
?? |
| 08/02/84 |
Argentina Apollo |
no cause known |
?? |
| 01/21/85 |
Eddie Graham |
Self-inflicted gunshot wound |
55 |
| 03/08/85 |
Bull Curry |
no cause known |
70 |
| 05/04/85 |
Dan Shocket |
Cancer |
35 |
| 09/01/85 |
Jay Youngblood |
Ruptured spleen and 3 Heart Attacks. |
30 |
| 11/01/85 |
Rick McGraw |
injuries sustained in the ring? |
30 |
| 02/04/86 |
Gino Hernandez |
Cocaine overdose athome in North Dallas, TX. |
29 |
| 03/24/86 |
Warren Bockwinkel |
Alzheimer’s disease |
74 |
| 04/06/86 |
El Solitario |
Heart Attack suffered two weeks prior. |
40 |
| ??/??/87 |
Ann Gunkel |
Cancer |
50 |
| 04/12/87 |
Mike Von Erich |
Suicide by overdosing on Placidyl |
23 |
| 08/24/87 |
Malcolm “King Kong” Dirk |
Dies during a match with Shirley Crabtree. |
?? |
| 07/04/88 |
Adrian Adonis, Pat Kelly, and Dave McKigney |
Mini-van goes over a cliff killing the 3 of them, Mike Kelly survived. |
?? |
| 07/17/88 |
Bruiser Brody |
Stabbed to death in dressing room prior to match. |
?? |
| 09/06/88 |
Leroy Browm |
no cause known |
38 |
| 09/09/88 |
Leroy McGuirk |
Dies at home. |
78 |
| 02/18/89 |
Midred Burke |
no cause known |
73 |
| 03/07/89 |
Paul Boesch |
Dies at home in Texas. |
76 |
| 09/07/89 |
“Argentinian Bull” Eduardo Perez |
Dies at home in Tampa, FL. |
61 |
| 12/07/89 |
“Haystacks” Calhoun |
Dies from bout with Diabetes. |
55 |
| 01/07/90 |
Bronko Nagurski |
Dies at nursing home in MN. |
81 |
| 02/04/90 |
“Whipper” Billy Watson |
Dies at home in Orlando, FL. |
74 |
| 02/15/90 |
Mark Tendler |
Dies two days after being shot outside a bar he owns in Wading River, NY. |
55 |
| 04/18/90 |
Gorry Guerrero |
Dies in El Paso, TX. |
?? |
| 08/16/90 |
Pay O’Conner |
Cancer |
65 |
| 12/31/90 |
Ed “The Bull” Gantner |
Kidney disease, first thought as suicide. |
31 |
| 06/30/91 |
Heart Failure |
70 |
| 08/25/91 |
Vivian Vachon and her daughter, Julie |
Head-on collision in Montreal. |
40 |
| 09/12/91 |
Chris Von Erich |
Suicide with 9mm pistol. |
21 |
| 10/31/91 |
Gene Anderson |
Heart Attack |
58 |
| 11/10/91 |
Dick the Bruiser Afflis |
Dies while lifting weights |
62 |
| 12/27/91 |
Wilbur Snyder |
Heart Failure |
62 |
| 02/07/92 |
“Mad Dog” Buzz Sawyer |
Dies at home in Sacramento, CA. |
32 |
| 02/19/92 |
Tojo Yamamoto |
Suicide with .25 calibur automatic pistol |
65 |
| 04/20/92 |
Jimmy Lennon Sr. |
Heart Failure |
79 |
| 06/26/92 |
Buddy Rogers |
Dies four days after suffering two strokes in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. |
?? |
| 06/30/92 |
Stan Frazier, a.k.a. Uncle Elmer |
Diabetic Complications |
54 |
| 09/24/92 |
Roy Heffernan |
Heart Atack in Sydney, Australia |
67 |
| 01/27/93 |
Andre Rousimoff, a.k.a. Andre the Giant |
Heart Attack while at his father’s funeral in France. |
46 |
| 02/18/93 |
Kerry Von Erich |
Suicide with a .44 calibur handgun, one day after being indicted for cocaine possession |
33 |
| 03/11/93 |
Dino Bravo |
Murdered Gangland style while sitting at home in Laval, Quebec. |
44 |
| 03/25/93 |
Wally Karbo |
Heart Attack |
77 |
| 06/14/93 |
Don Kent |
Leukemia |
61 |
| 10/26/93 |
Oro |
Dies in ring from brain anuerism |
?? |
| 11/13/93 |
Rufus R. Jones |
Heart Attack while hunting |
60 |
| 12/13/93 |
Larry Cameron |
Heart Attack during a bout in Germany. |
41 |
| 01/14/94 |
Sam Menacker |
Dies in Illinois |
79 |
| 03/??/94 |
Ronnie Etchinson |
Natural causes |
?? |
| 03/09/94 |
Eddie Creatchman |
Heart Attack in Montreal |
66 |
| 05/23/94 |
Ray Candy |
Heart Attack in Decatur, GA. |
43 |
| 07/04/94 |
Joey Marella |
Automobile accident in Burlington, NJ. |
30 |
| 09/01/94 |
Boris Malenko |
Cancer |
61 |
| 11/23/94 |
Art Barr |
Drug-related causes |
28 |
| 01/22/95 |
Jerry “Crusher” Blackwell |
Complications from pneumonia |
45 |
| 02/18/95 |
Eddie Gilbert |
Heart Attack |
33 |
| 03/20/95 |
John Studd |
Liver cancer after 17-month battle with Hodgekin’s disease. |
46 |
| 05/10/95 |
Ilio DePaulo |
Struck by a car |
68 |
| 10/02/95 |
John Ayres |
Liver Cancer |
42 |
| 12/04/95 |
Little Beaver |
Emphysema |
61 |
| 05/05/96 |
Ray Stevens |
Heart Attack |
60 |
| 06/15/96 |
Dick Murdoch |
Massive Heart Attack |
49 |
| 07/23/96 |
Herb Abrams |
Drug Overdose |
?? |
| 08/23/96 |
Neil Superior |
Altercation with Police |
33 |
| 09/10/96 |
Juanita Wright, a.k.a. Sapphire |
Heart Attack |
61 |
| 01/03/97 |
Rick Martello |
not known |
38 |
| 02/07/97 |
“Bulldog” Bob Brown |
not known |
?? |
| 03/01/97 |
Frank “Gorilla” Marconi |
not known |
?? |
| 03/24/97 |
Dr. Bill Miller |
not known |
?? |
| 06/30/97 |
Larry O’Day |
not known |
53 |
| 06/??/97 |
Stan Stasiak |
Heart Attack |
60 |
| 08/15/97 |
Plum Mariko |
Head Trauma diring a match |
29 |
| 08/31/97 |
Dale Lewis |
Leukemia |
?? |
| 09/11/97 |
Fritz Von Erich |
Cancer and a Brain tumor |
68 |
| 10/05/97 |
Brian Pillman |
Heart Attack from Medicine Reaction |
36 |
| 01/??/98 |
Juanita McMahon |
no cause known |
?? |
| 01/25/98 |
Bobo Brazil |
no cause revealed yet |
73 |
| 02/15/98 |
Louie Spicolli |
Asphyxiation due to painkillers and alcohol |
27 |
| 06/02/98 |
Junk Yard Doga |
Car Accident |
45 |
| 06/29/98 |
Jose Rivera |
Lukemia |
45 |
| 08/17/98 |
Brian Hauser |
Shot by Cops |
23 |
| 01/31/99 |
Giant Baba |
Liver Failure |
61 |
| 02/25/99 |
Rick Wilson |
Suicide |
33 |
| 04/20/99 |
Rick Rude |
Heart Attack |
39 |
| 5/23/99 |
Owen Hart |
Fell from Rafters |
34 |
| 9/8/99 |
Brian Hildebrand |
Cancer |
?? |
| 9/9/99 |
Naoko “Jackie” Satoh |
Stomach Cancer |
41 |
| 10/6/99 |
Robert “Gorilla Monsoon” Marella |
Complications from a recent heart attack. He was also suffering from complications from diabetes. |
62 |
| 11/27/99 |
Hiro Matsuda |
Cancer |
?? |
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