| Date |
Who |
How |
Age |
| 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 caliber 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 |
?? |
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 at home 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 Placidly |
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 caliber 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
Attack 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 caliber 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 aneurysm |
?? |
| 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 |
Leukemia |
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 |
?? |
| 1/??/00 |
Al
Costello |
Unknown |
79 |
| 1/??/00 |
Raul
Reyes |
Unknown |
60 |
| 1/24/00 |
Bobby
Duncum Jr. |
Overdose
of painkiller |
34 |
| 5/??/00 |
Jumbo
Tsuruta |
Internal
bleeding after a kidney transplant |
49 |
