Wrestler's Death's

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Date  Wrestler  Cause of Death  Age 
12/16/17 Frank Gotch Uremic Poisoning 39
8/25/50 Earl Caddock Dies At Home 62
5/??/71 Curtis Peterson Fractured Neck In A Bout With Sam Abraham ??
7/??/51 Jeanette Wolf Dies Following A Tag Match 18
6/??/58 David Von Erich Dies On Operating Table While Being Treated For A Brain Tumor ??
12/26/63 "Gorgeous" George Wagner Heart Attack 48
1/16/65 Yukon Eric Suicide 41
8/7/66 Ed "Strangler" Lewis Dies At Home ??
9/23/67 Stanislaus Zbyszko Dies At Home 88
7/2/69 "Iron" Mike Dibiase Heart Attack In the Ring ??
6/16/71 Alberto Torres Dies From Injuries Suffered Six Days Earlier ??
7/23/71 Hercules Cortez Car Accident ??
6/3/73 Dory Funk, Sr. Dies At Home 54
2/20/75 Bobby Shane Plane Crash ??
8/19/75 Jim Londos Heart Attack 78
6/30/79 Chris Taylor Dies At Home 29
4/29/82 Baron Gattoni Heart Complications 63
6/13/82 Peter Maivia Cancer 47
10/12/83 Grand Wizard Heart Attack 54
2/10/84 David Von Erich Acute Enteritis 25
5/??/84 Vince McMahon, Sr. Unknown ??
8/2/84 Argentina Apollo Unknown ??
1/21/85 Eddie Graham Suicide 55
3/8/85 Bull Curry Unknown 70
5/4/85 Dan Shocket Cancer 35
9/1/85 Jay Youngblood Ruptured Spleen & Three Heart Attacks 30
11/1/85 Rick McGraw Injuries Sustained In the Ring 30
2/4/86 Gino Hernandez Cocaine Overdose 29
3/24/86 Warren Bockwinkel Alzheimer's Disease 74
4/6/86 El Solitario Heart Attack 40
??/??/87 Ann Gunkel Cancer 50
4/12/87 Mike Von Erich Suicide 23
8/24/87 Malcolm Dirk Dies During A Match ??
7/4/88 Adrian Adonis Car Accident ??
7/4/88 Pat Kelley Car Accident ??
7/4/88 Dave McKigney Car Accident ??
7/17/88 Bruiser Brody Stabbed To Death ??
9/6/88 Leroy Brown Unknown 38
9/9/88 Leroy McGuirk Dies At Home 78
2/18/89 Midred Burke Unknown 73
3/7/89 Paul Boesch Dies At Home 76
9/7/89 Eduardo Perez Dies At Home 61
12/7/89 "Haystacks" Calhoun Diabetes 55
1/7/90 Bronko Nagurski Dies At Nursing Home 81
2/4/90 Billy Watson Dies At Home 74
2/15/90 Mark Tendler Dies Two Days After Being Shot 55
4/18/90 Gori Guerrero Dies In El Paso, TX ??
8/16/90 Pat O'Conner Cancer 65
12/31/90 Ed "The Bull" Gantner Kidney Disease 31
6/30/91 Duke Keomuka Heart Failure 70
8/25/91 Vivian Vachon Car Accident 40
9/12/91 Chris Von Erich Suicide 21
10/31/91 Gene Anderson Heart Attack 58
11/10/91 Dick The Bruiser Dies While Lifting Weights 62
12/27/91 Wilbur Snyder Heart Failure 62
2/7/92 "Mad Dog" Buzz Sawyer Dies At Home 32
2/19/92 Tojo Yamamoto Suicide 65
4/20/92 Jimmy Lennon, Sr. Heart Failure 79
6/26/92 Buddy Rogers Dies Four Days After Suffering Two Strokes ??
6/30/92 Stan Frazier Diabetic Complications 54
9/24/92 Roy Hefferman Heart Attack 67
1/27/93 Andre The Giant Heart Attack 46
2/18/93 Kerry Von Erich Suicide 33
3/11/93 Dino Bravo Murdered 44
3/25/93 Wally Karbo Heart Attack 77
6/14/93 Don Kent Leukemia 61
10/26/93 Oro Brain Aneurysm ??
11/13/93 Rufus R. Jones Heart Attack 60
12/13/93 Larry Cameron Heart Attack 41
1/14/94 Sam Menacker Unknown 79
3/??/94 Ronnie Etchinson Natural Causes ??
3/9/94 Eddie Creatchman Heart Attack 66
5/23/94 Ray Candy Heart Attack 43
7/4/94 Joey Marella Car Accident 30
9/1/94 Boris Malenko Cancer 61
11/23/94 Art Barr Drug-Related Causes 28
1/22/95 Jerry "Crusher" Blackwell Complications From Pneumonia 45
2/18/95 Eddie Gilbert Heart Attack 33
3/20/95 John Studd Liver Cancer 46
5/10/95 Ilio DePaulo Struck By A Car 68
10/2/95 John Ayres Liver Cancer 42
12/4/95 Little Beaver Emphysema 61
5/5/96 Ray Stevens Heart Attack 60
6/15/96 Dick Murdoch Heart Attack 49
7/23/96 Herb Abrams Drug Overdose ??
8/23/96 Neil Superior Altercation with Police 33
9/10/96 Sapphire Heart Attack 61
1/3/97 Rick Martello Unknown 38
2/7/97 "Bulldog" Bob Brown Unknown ??
3/1/97 Frank "Gorilla" Marconi Unknown ??
3/24/97 Dr. Bill Miller Unknown ??
6/30/97 Larry O'Day Unknown 53
6/??/97 Stan Stasiak Heart Attack 60
8/15/97 Plum Mariko Head Trauma During A Match 29
8/31/97 Dale Lewis Leukemia ??
9/11/97 Fritz Von Erich Cancer/Brain Tumor 68
10/5/97 Brian Pillman Heart Attack 36
1/??/97 Juanita McMahon Unknown ??
1/25/98 Bobo Brazil Unknown 73
2/15/98 Louie Spicolli Asphyxiation From A Mix of Pain Killers & Alcohol 27
6/2/98 Junk Yard Dog Car Accident 45
6/29/98 Jose Rivera Leukemia 45
8/17/98 Brian Hauser Shot By Cops 23
1/31/99 Giant Baba Liver Failure 61
2/25/99 Renegade Suicide 33
4/20/99 Rick Rude Heart Attack 39
5/23/99 Owen Hart Fell From The Rafters 34
9/8/99 Brian Hildebrand Cancer ??
9/9/99 Naoko "Jackie" Satoh Stomach Cancer 41
10/6/99 Gorilla Monsoon Complications From A Heart Attack & Diabetes 62
11/27/99 Hiro Matsuda Cancer ??
1/??/00 Al Costello Unknown 79
1/??/00 Raul Reyes Unknown 60
1/24/00 Bobby Duncum, Jr. Overdose of Pain Killers 34
10/22/00 Yokozuna Heart Failure 34
12/16/00 The Blue Demon Heart Attack 78
3/26/01 Benny McGuire Heart Attack 54
3/26/01 "Red Shoes" Dugan Parkinson's Disease ??
4/24/01 Johnny Valentine Natural Causes 73
5/16/01 Jumbo Tsuruta Complications From Hepatitis 49
7/16/01 Terry Gordy Heart Attack 40
7/27/01 Rhonda Singh Unknown 40
7/29/01 Dennis Coraluzzo Stroke 48
10/7/01 Chris Adams Shot To Death 46
10/28/01 Chief Dave Foxx Heart Attack 44
11/4/01 Helen Hart Complications From Diabetes 76
12/15/01 Russ Haas Heart Attack 27
12/25/01 Mike Davis Heart Attack 46
1/7/02 Mighty Igor Heart Failure 60's
2/4/02 Nelson Royal Heart Attack 70
2/20/02 Swede Hanson Heart Failure 68
4/18/02 Wahoo McDaniel Stroke 63
4/28/02 Lou Thesz Natural Causes 86
5/7/02 Randy Anderson Natural Causes 41
5/14/02 Mass Transit Unknown 22
5/16/02 Big Dick Dudley Unknown 34
5/16/02 Shoichi Arai Suicide 36
5/17/02 Davey Boy Smith Heart Attack 39
9/21/02 Rocco Rock Heart Attack 49
10/31/02 Edward Cholak Natural Causes 72
11/22/02 Billy Joe Travis Heart Attack ??
11/29/02 Jeff Peterson Cancer 22
11/30/02 Tim Woods Heart Attack ??
1/18/03 The Sheik Natural Causes ??
2/10/03 Curt Hennig Heart Attack 44
3/18/03 Kodo Fuyuki Cancer 42
3/20/03 Art Thomas Cancer 79
4/17/03 Ray Mendoza Natural Causes 73
5/1/03 Miss Elizabeth Unknown 42
6/2/03 "Classy" Freddie Blassie Heart/Kidney Trouble 85
9/27/03 Anthony Durante (aka Pitbull #2) Drug Overdose 36
10/16/03 Stu Hart Complications of Diabetes & Pneumonia 88
10/19/03 Road Warrior Hawk Unknown 46
11/06/03 Michael Lockwood (aka Mad Mickey, Crash Holly) Unknown 34
11/29/03 Moon Dog Spot Unknown ??
12/05/03 The Wall Acute Cardiac Arrest 36
1/24/04 Jack Tunney Natural Causes 68
1/28/04 Don Haggerty Natural Causes 78
3/6/04 Hercules Hernandez Heart Attack 45
5/6/04 Pepper Gomez Kidney Failure 78
7/3/04 Billy Redwood Auto Accident 27
7/17/04 Pat "Bomber" Roach Cancer 50
8/4/04 Ken Timbs Heart Failure 53
9/12/04 Dr. Wagner Sr. Heart Attack 68
9/17/04 Jim Barnett (Promoter) Cancer and Pneumonia 80
9/22/04 Ray "Big Boss Man" Traylor Heart Attack 42
10/4/04 Marianna Komlos  Breast Cancer 35
11/27/04 Dandy Jack Donovan Construction Site Accident 76
1/18/05 "Pistol" Pez Whatley Heart Failure 54
4/28/05 Chris Candido Blood Clot after Surgery 33
6/17/05 Ron Trongaurd (AWA Announcer) Liver Cancer 72
7/11/05 Shinya Hashimoto Brain Anresum 40
7/21/05 Lord Alfred Hayes Stroke 77
8/13/05 Chris Tolos Natural Causes 75
8/18/05 Chri$ Ca$h (Christopher Bauman Jr.) Motorcycle Accident 23
8/25/05 Ed "Sailor" White (Moondog King) Unknow 56
10/22/05 The Crusher (Reggie Lisowski) Natuaral Causes 79
11/13/05 Eddie Guerrero  Heart Failure 45
12/10/05 Chad Floyd (Chazz Rocco) Heart Failure 37
1/15/04 El Texano (Juan Aguilar) Respiratory Failure 47
1/16/06 Ricky Romero Complications of Diabetes 74
1/28/06 Victor Mar (Black Cat) Heart Attack 51
1/29/06 Emory Hale Complications of Kidney Failure ??
2/16/06 Mike "Johnny Grunge" Durham Complications from sleep apnea 46
4/2/06 Victor Quinones (Owner of IWA Puerto Rico) Natural Causes 71
5/4/06 Sammy "Steamboat" Mokuahi Complications from both Alzheimer's and Diabetes 71
5/27/06 Apache Bull Ramos Complications of Shoulder Infection and Diabetes 42
6/7/06 John "Earthquake" Tenta Bladder Cancer 70
6/24/06 "Crazy" Luke Graham Heart Failure ??
6/28/06 Marlon Kalkai (Tiger Khan) Unknow 70
7/14/06 Bob Orton Sr. Heart Attack 76
8/8/06 Karl Von Stroheim Heart Attack 78
10/6/06 Antonio Peña (Mexican Promoter) Heart Attack 57
10/15/06 Jumping Joey Maggs Unknown 37
10/26/06 Kintaro Oki (Kim Ill) Natural Causes 77
11/1/06 Daniel Garcia (Huracan Ramirez) Natural Causes 80
11/2/06 Sputnik Monroe Natural Causes 77
11/13/06 Dennis "Tiger" Conway, Sr. Massive Stroke 74
12/16/06 Don Jardine (The Original Spoiler) Complications of Heart Attack and Leukemia 66
1/19/07 Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow Drug Overdose 45
2/17/07 Mike Awesome Suicide 42
3/6/07 Bad News (Brown) Allen Coage Heart Attack 63
3/8/07 Alejandro Cruz (Black Shadow) Pneumonia 82
3/10/07 Ernie "The Cat" Ladd Cancer 68
3/13/07 Arnold Skaaland Natural Causes 82
3/18/07 Angel Azteca  Unknown 43
3/28/07 Abe Coleman Natural Causes 101
5/4/07 Mephisto Lephanto Sudden Heart Attack in the Ring 31
5/8/07 Sonny Myers Unknown 83
6/15/07 Sensational Sherri  Overdose 49
6/22/07 Nancy "Woman" Benoit Homicide 43
6/24/07 Chris Benoit Suicide 40
7/18/07 John Kronus  Heart Failure 38
8/13/07 Bryan Adams  Unknown 44
11/3/07 The Fabulous Moolah  Massive Heart Attack 84
 
 
 

[Playboy]

Aside from natural causes, pain killer and rec drug abuse is the killing factor. Notice I didn't say steroids like the dumb witch hunter's believe. When the toxoligy reports cam back on these unfortunate souls, not a single one of them was a death resulting from roids.

[leonp1981]

There are so many people on that list that died before they were 40 years old.  It's sad.

[mass 04]

I honestly didn't know Tim Woods died.

[Hulkster]

Im having a hard time believing Earthquake was 70 in 2006.

sad list though

[noworries]

Bryan Adams died from OD of Oxycontin

[Montague]

Wish they were all still with us. But the loss of Mr. Perfect will always sadden me.

I miss Hennig and Davey the most.

[The Showstoppa]

I honestly didn't know Tim Woods died.

He was my first favorite wrestler when I was very, very young.

[Superboy Prime]

Road Warrior Hawk was an all time idol of mine growing up, it still makes me sad that he is gone.

[Playboy]

I wish Curt Henning was still around. What a great wrestler.

[Hulkster]

agreed. I was fortunate enough to see Mr. Perfect in what I believe was one of his last matches.

he was in an 8 man dark match at the beginning of the Hogan Rock Wrestlemania.

I think it was included as an extra on the DVD, but I can't remember..

[Montague]

I can’t imagine using someone of Hennig’s caliber in a dark match.

May have been one of his last matches in the Fed, but he was in the middle of a brief stint in TNA at the time he passed away.
I also believe that, on the afternoon he was found dead, he was scheduled to work a show for Jimmy Hart’s promotion later that night.

A lot of guys who came up in the big time during the "coccaine years" seemed to have a really tough time shaking those habits.

[mass 04]

I can’t imagine using someone of Hennig’s caliber in a dark match.

May have been one of his last matches in the Fed, but he was in the middle of a brief stint in TNA at the time he passed away.
I also believe that, on the afternoon he was found dead, he was scheduled to work a show for Jimmy Hart’s promotion later that night.

A lot of guys who came up in the big time during the "coccaine years" seemed to have a really tough time shaking those habits.

Angle was in a throw away match w/Kane IIRC. Imagine a Perfect-Angle match at WM.

[Playboy]

Angle was in a throw away match w/Kane IIRC. Imagine a Perfect-Angle match at WM.

I would pay to see that.

[Hulkster]

remember Perfect-Bret from Summerslam 91? it was amazing.

[Montague]

Angle was in a throw away match w/Kane IIRC. Imagine a Perfect-Angle match at WM.

Talk about a missed opportunity.

[Playboy]

remember Perfect-Bret from Summerslam 91? it was amazing.

That was one of my favorite matches.