Wrestling Obituaries
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.
??
07/23/71
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
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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
Duke
Keomuka
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
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
Pneumonia
45
02/18/95
Eddie
Gilbert
Heart
Attack
33
03/20/95
John
Studd
Hodgkin'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 during a
match
29 08/31/97
Dale
Lewis
Leukemia
??
09/11/97
Fritz Von
Erich
Lung Cancer
68
10/05/97
Brian
Pillman
Heart Attack
36
05/23/99
Owen Hart
Cardiac arrest due to falling
from the rafters when his Blue Blazer
entrance went wrong
34