Wrestling Information Archive - Wrestling Obituaries

Date	Name	Cause of Death	Age
December 16, 1917	Frank Gotch	Uremic Poisoning	40
July 4, 1898	The Terrible Turk	Drowning	??
January 9, 1931	Wayne Munn	Kidney Problems	35
June 3, 1933	William Muldoon	Dies At Home	88
February 9, 1937	Farmer Burns	Unknown	75
September 12, 1944	Gus Sonnenberg	Tuberculosis	46
January 24, 1950	Bull Montana	Dies at Home	??
November 4, 1950	Danno O'Mahoney	Auto Accident	37
August 4, 1954	Maurice Tillet	Heart Disease	51
November 22, 1954	Jess McMahon	Unknown	72
December 15, 1963	Rikidozan	Stabbed	38
December 26, 1963	Gorgeous George	Heart Attack	48
August 7, 1966	Ed "Strangler" Lewis	Dies at Home	76
October 16, 1966	Sandor Szabo	Heart Attack	60
June 29, 1967	Primo Carnera	Cirrhosis of Liver	51
September 22, 1967	Stanislaus Zbyszko	Dies at Home	88
February 19, 1968	George Hackenschmidt	Dies at Home	90
June 10, 1968	Wladek Zbyszko	Unknown	??
July 2, 1969	Mike DiBiase	Dies in Ring	45
March 23, 1970	Skull Murphy	Heart Attack	39
July 23, 1971	Hercules Cortez	Auto Accident	39
June 3, 1973	Dory Funk Sr.	Dies at Home	54
February 20, 1975	Bobby Shane	Auto Accident	29
August 19, 1975	Jim Lindos	Heart Attack	78
July 27, 1976	Pepe Lopez	Auto Accident	39
March 15, 1977	Antonio Rocca	Unknown	49
June 30, 1979	Chris Taylor	Prolonged Illness	29
July 14, 1979	Billy McGuire	Heart Attack	??
June 13, 1982	Peter Maivia	Cancer	47
May 20, 1983	Frank Tunney	Heart Attack	??
October 12, 1983	The Grand Wizard	Heart Attack	54
February 5, 1984	El Santo	Heart Attack	67
February 10, 1984	David Von Erich	Acute Enteritis	25
May 17, 1984	Vince McMahon Sr.	Cancer	69
May 22, 1984	George Zaharias	Dies at Home	76
August 2, 1984	Argentina Apollo	Heart Attack	46
January 21, 1985	Eddie Graham	Suicide	55
September 1, 1985	Jay Youngblood	Heart Attack	30
November 1, 1985	Rick McGraw	Heart Attack	30
December 20, 1985	Tarzan Tyler	Auto Accident	??
February 4, 1986	Gino Hernandez	Cocaine Overdose	29
March 24, 1986	Warren Bockwinkle	Alzheimer's Disease	74
April 6, 1986	El Solitario	Heart Attack	40
April 12, 1987	Mike Von Erich	Suicide	23
August 24, 1987	Malcolm "King Kong" Kirk	Heart Attack	??
July 4, 1988	Adrian Adonis	Auto Accident	34
July 4, 1988	Pat Kelly	Auto Accident	??
July 4, 1988	The Canadian Wildman	Auto Accident	??
July 17, 1988	Bruiser Brody	Stabbed	42
September 6, 1988	Leroy Brown	Heart Attack	38
September 9, 1988	Leroy McGuirk	Dies at Home	78
February 18, 1989	Mildred Burke	Stroke	73
March 7, 1989	Paul Boesch	Dies at Home	76
March 14, 1989	Happy Humphery	Heart Attack	??
September 7, 1989	Eduardo Perez	Dies at Home	61
December 7, 1989	Haystacks Calhoun	Diabetes	55
January 7, 1990	Bronko Nagurski	Dies at Nursing Home	81
February 4, 1990	Whipper Billy Watson	Dies at Home	74
April 18, 1990	Gory Guerrero	Unknown	69
August 16, 1990	Pat O'Connor	Cancer	65
December 31, 1990	Ed "The Bull" Gatner	Suicide	31
June 30, 1991	Duke Keomuka	Heart Failure	70
August 25, 1991	Vivian Vachon	Auto Accident	40
September 12, 1991	Chris Von Erich	Suicide	21
October 31, 1991	Gene Anderson	Heart Attack	58
November 10, 1991	Dick the Bruiser	Internal Bleeding	62
December 25, 1991	Wilbur Snyder	Heart Failure	62
February 7, 1992	Buzz Sawyer	Dies At Apartment	32
February 19, 1992	Tojo Yamamoto	Suicide	65
April 20, 1992	Jimmy Lennon Sr.	Heart Failure	79
June 26, 1992	Buddy Rogers	Stroke	71
June 30, 1992	Uncle Elmer	Diabetes	54
July 14, 1992	Danny McShain	Unknown	??
September 24, 1992	Roy Heffernan	Heart Attack	67
January 27, 1993	Andre The Giant	Heart Attack	46
February 18, 1993	Kerry Von Erich	Suicide	33
March 11, 1993	Dino Bravo	Drive-By Shooting	44
March 25, 1993	Wally Karbo	Heart Attack	77
May 25, 1993	D.J. Peterson	Unknown	33
June 14, 1993	Don Kent	Leukemia	61
October 26, 1993	Brazo de Oro	Brain Aneurysm	??
November 13, 1993	Rufus R. Jones	Heart Attack	60
December 13, 1993	Larry Cameron	Heart Attack	41
March 9, 1994	Eddie Creatchman	Heart Attack	66
May 23, 1994	Ray Candy	Heart Attack	43
July 1, 1994	George "Crybaby" Cannon	Cancer	62
July 4, 1994	Joey Marella	Auto Accident	30
September 1, 1994	Boris Malenko	Cancer	61
November 23, 1994	Art Barr	Drug-Related Cause	28
January 22, 1995	Jerry Blackwell	Pneumonia	45
February 18, 1995	Eddie Gilbert	Heart Attack	33
March 20, 1995	Big John Studd	Hodgkin's Disease	46
May 10, 1995	Ilio DiPaolo Auto	Auto Accident	68
October 24, 1995	Killer Karl Krupp	Heart Attack	62
December 4, 1995	Little Beaver	Emphysema	61
May 3, 1996	Ray Stevens	Heart Attack	60
June 15, 1996	Dick Murdoch	Heart Attack	49
July 19, 1996	The Missouri Mauler	Heart Attack	45
July 23, 1996	Herb Abrams	Drug Overdose	41
August 23, 1996	Neil Superior	Heart Attack	33
September 10, 1996	Sapphire	Heart Attack	61
January 24, 1997	Dr. Jerry Graham	Stroke	58
February 6, 1997	Bulldog Bob Brown	Heart Attack	58
March 24, 1997	Dr. Bill Miller	Heart Attack	69
June 12, 1997	Stan Stasiak	Heart Failure	60
June 30, 1997	Larry O'Day	Liver Cancer	53
August 16, 1997	Plum Mariko	Brain Aneurysm	29
August 19, 1997	Jeep Swenson	Heart Attack	40
August 30, 1997	Dale Lewis	Leukemia	62
September 10, 1997	Fritz Von Erich	Cancer	68
September 16, 1997	Dick "Bulldog" Brower	Diabetes	63
October 5, 1997	Brian Pillman	Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease	35
October 26, 1997	Big E Sleaze	Suicide	22
November 20, 1997	Stanley Blackburn	Unknown	80
January 20, 1998	Bobo Brazil	Heart Problems	74
February 15, 1998	Louie Spiccoli	Carisopridol Overdose	27
June 1, 1998	Junkyard Dog	Auto Accident	45
June 20, 1998	The Spoiler	Heart Failure	56
August 17, 1998	Shane Shamrock	Shot by Police	23
August 17, 1998	Terry Garvin	Cancer	60
November 30, 1998	Giant Haystacks	Stomach Cancer	55
December 15, 1998	Brady Boone	Auto Accident	40
December 31, 1998	Sam Mushnick	Internal Bleeding	93
January 31, 1999	Shohei "Baba" Giant	Bowel Cancer	61
February 23, 1999	The Renegade	Suicide	23
March 13, 1999	Kurt Von Hess	Heart Attack	65
April 20, 1999	Rick Rude	Heart Attack	41
May 23, 1999	Owen Hart :-(	Accidental Fall	33
May 25, 1999	The Sarge Donnie York Sr.	Complications of Diabetes	50
August 9, 1999	Jackie Sato	Stomach Cancer	41
September 8, 1999	Mark Curtis	Stomach Cancer	38
October 6, 1999	Gorilla Monsoon	Heart Illness	62
November 13, 1999	Tony Rumble	Heart Attack	43
November 27, 1999	Hiro Matsuda	Cancer	62
January 7, 2000	Gary Albright	Heart Attack	34
January 22, 2000	Al Costello	Pneumonia	80
January 24, 2000	Bobby Duncum Jr.	Drug Overdose	34
February 29, 2000	Liz Chase	Died During Surgery	45
April 19, 2000	Masakazu Fukada	Bleeding of the Brain	27
April 25, 2000	Tom Renesto (Assassin #1)	Heart Failure	72
May 16, 2000	Tomomi "Jumbo" Tsuruta	Internal Bleeding	49
July 27, 2000	Gordon Solie	Cancer	71
August 18, 2000	Tony Parisi	Heart Attack	58
August 25, 2000	Chris Duffy	Seizure	36
August 22, 2000	Toru Tanaka	Natural Causes	70
October 3, 2000	"Klondike" Bill Soloweyko	Bulbar Palsy	68
October 17, 2000	Leo Nomellini	Stroke	76
October 22, 2000	"Yokozuna" Rodney Anoia	Heart Attack	34
December 16, 2000	The Blue Demon	Heart Attack	78
March 26, 2001	Benny McGuire	Heart Attack	54
March 26, 2001	"Red Shoes" Dugan	Parkinson's Disease	??
April 24, 2001	Johnny Valentine	Natural Causes	73
July 16, 2001	Terry Gordy	Heart Attack	40
July 27, 2001	Rhonda Singh (Bertha Faye)	Unknown	40
July 29, 2001	Dennis Coraluzzo	Stroke	48
October 7, 2001	Chris Adams	Shot to Death	46
October 28, 2001	Chief Dave Foxx	Heart Attack	44
November 4, 2001	Helen Hart	Organ Failure	77
December 15, 2001	Russ Haas	Heart Failure	27
December 25, 2001	"Maniac" Mike Davis	Heart Attack	46
January 7, 2002	Mighty Igor	Heart Failure	60's
February 2, 2002	Nelson Royal	Heart Attack	70
February 20, 2002	Swede Hanson	Alzheimer's Disease	68
April 18, 2002	Wahoo McDaniel	Stroke	63
April 28, 2002	Lou Thesz	Natural Causes	86
May 7, 2002	Randy "Pee Wee" Anderson	Natural Causes	41
May 14, 2002	Erich Kulas (Mass Transit)	Unknown	22
May 16, 2002	Alex "Big Dick Dudley" Rizzo	Unknown	34
May 16, 2002	Shoichi Arai (FMW President)	Suicide	36
May 17, 2002	"British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith	Heart Attack	39
September 21, 2002	Ted Petty (Rocco Rock)	Heart Attack	49
October 31, 2002	Edward "Moose" Cholak	Natural Causes	72
November 22, 2002	Billy Joe Travis	Heart Attack	40
November 29, 2002	Jeff Peterson	Cancer	22
November 30, 2002	"Mr. Wrestling" Tim Woods	Heart Attack	??
January 18, 2003	"The Original Sheik" Ed Farahat	Natural Causes	??
February 10, 2003	Curt Hennig	Drug Overdose	44
February 20, 2003	Tony Altomare	Heart Attack	74
March 19, 2003	Hiromichi "Kodo" Fuyuki	Cancer	42
March 20, 2003	Sailor Art Thomas	Cancer	79
April 17, 2003	Ray Mendoza	Natural Causes	73
May 1, 2003	Miss Elizabeth (Elizabeth Heulette)	Drug Overdose	42
June 2, 2003	"Classie" Freddie Blassie	Natural Causes	85
July 8, 2003	Giant Ochiai	Brain Injury	30
September 26, 2003	Anthony "Pitbull #2" Durante	Drug Overdose	36
October 16, 2003	Stu Hart	Pneumonia	88
October 19, 2003	Road Warrior Hawk (Mike Hegstrand)	Heart Attack	46
November 6, 2003	Mike "Crash Holly" Lockwood	Asphyxiation	32
November 24, 2003	Richard "Dick" Hutton	Natural Causes	80
November 29, 2003	Moondog Spot (Larry Lathman)	Heart Attack	51
December 5, 2003	Jerry "The Wall/Malice" Tuite	Heart Attack	36
December 26, 2003	"Fabulous" Danny Fargo	Lung/Liver Cancer	44
January 24, 2004	Jack Tunney (Former WWE President)	Natural Causes	68
January 28, 2004	Don (Hard Boiled) Haggerty	Natural Causes	78
March 6. 2004	Hercules Hernandez	Heart Attack	45
May 6, 2004	Pepper Gomez	Kidney failure	77
July 3, 2004	Billy Redwood	Auto Accident	28
July 17, 2004	Pat "Bomber" Roach	Cancer	67
August 1, 2004	Ken Timbs	Heart Failure	53
September 12, 2004	Dr. Wagner Sr.	Heart Attack	68
September 17, 2004	Jim Barnett (Promoter)	Cancer and Pneumonia	80
September 22, 2004	Ray "Big Boss Man" Traylor	Heart Attack	42
October 4, 2004	Marianna Komlos	Breast Cancer	35
November 27, 2004	Dandy Jack Donovan	Construction Site Accident	76
January 18, 2005	"Pistol" Pez Whatley	Heart Failure	54
April 28, 2005	Chris Candido	Blood Clot after Surgery	33
June 17, 2005	Ron Trongaurd (AWA Announcer)	Liver Cancer	72
July 11, 2005	Shinya Hashimoto	Brain Anresum	40
July 21, 2005	Lord Alfred Hayes	Stroke	77
August 13, 2005	Chris Tolos	Natural Causes	75
August 18, 2005	Chri$ Ca$h (Christopher Bauman Jr.)	Motorcycle Accident	23
August 25, 2005	Ed "Sailor" White (Moondog King)	Unknown	56
October 22, 2005	The Crusher (Reggie Lisowski)	Natural Causes	79
November 13, 2005	Eddie Guerrero :(	Heart Failure	38
December 10, 2005	Chad Floyd (Chazz Rocco)	Heart Failure	37
January 15, 2006	El Texano (Juan Aguilar)	Respiratory Failure	47
January 16, 2006	Ricky Romero	Complications of Diabetes	74
January 28, 2006	Victor Mar (Black Cat)	Heart Attack	51
January 29, 2006	Emory Hale	Complications of Kidney Failure	??
February 16, 2006	Mike "Johnny Grunge" Durham	Complications from sleep apnea	39
April 2, 2006	Victor Quinones (Owner of IWA Puerto Rico)	Natural Causes	46
May 4, 2006	Sammy "Steamboat" Mokuahi	Complications from both Alzheimer's and Diabetes	71
May 27, 2006	Apache Bull Ramos	Complications of Shoulder Infection and Diabetes	71
June 7, 2006	John "Earthquake" Tenta	Bladder Cancer	42
June 24, 2006	"Crazy" Luke Graham	Heart Failure	70
June 28, 2006	Marlon Kalkai (Tiger Khan)	Unknown	Mid-30's
July 14, 2006	Bob Orton Sr.	Heart Attack	76
August 8, 2006	Karl Von Stroheim	Heart Attack	78
October 6, 2006	Antonio Pe�a (Mexican Promoter)	Heart Attack	57
October 15, 2006	Jumping Joey Maggs	Unknown	37
October 26, 2006	Kintaro Oki (Kim Ill)	Natural Causes	77
November 1, 2006	Daniel Garcia (Huracan Ramirez)	Natural Causes	80
November 2, 2006	Sputnik Monroe	Natural Causes	77
November 13, 2006	Dennis "Tiger" Conway, Sr.	Massive Stroke	74
December 16, 2006	Don Jardine (The Original Spoiler)	Complications of Heart Attack and Leukemia	66
January 19, 2007	Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow	Drug Overdose	45
February 17, 2007	Mike Awesome	Suicide	42
March 6, 2007	Bad News (Brown) Allen Coage	Heart Attack	63
March 8, 2007	Alejandro Cruz (Black Shadow)	Pneumonia	82
March 10, 2007	Ernie "The Cat" Ladd	Cancer	68
March 13, 2007	Arnold Skaaland	Natural Causes	82
March 18, 2007	Angel Azteca	Unknown	43
March 28, 2007	Abe Coleman	Natural Causes	101
May 4, 2007	Mephisto Lephanto	Sudden Heart Attack in the Ring	31
May 5, 2007	Sonny Myers	Natural Causes	83
June 2, 2007	Sandy Barr	Heart Attack	69
June 15, 2007	Sensational Sherri Martel	Drug Overdose	49
June 23, 2007	Shane "Biff Wellington" Bower	Heart Attack	42
June 23, 2007	Nancy Daus (Woman from WCW)	Strangulation	42
June 23, 2007	Boogie Woogie Brown (Delance Clifford Wright)	Unknown	54
June 25, 2007	Chris Benoit	Suicide	40
July 18, 2007	John Kronus	Natural Causes	38
July 23, 2007	Ronnie P. Gossett III (USWA Manager)	Colon Cancer	??
July 23, 2007	Killer Tor Kamata	Natural Causes	70
July 28, 2007	Karl Gotch (Karl Charles Istaz)	Natural Causes	82
August 11, 2007	Bronko Lubich (WCCW Referee)	Natural Causes	81
August 13, 2007	Brian Adams (WWF's Crush)	Unknown	43
August 16, 2007	The Missing Link (Byron "Dewey" Robertson)	Cancer	68
September 1, 2007	Karloff Lagarde	Stroke	79
September 10, 2007	Enrique Torres	Natural Causes	85
October 10, 2007	Isak Rain (Norwegian Wrestler)	Car Accident	22
November 2, 2007	The Fabulous Moolah (Lillian Ellision)	Natural Causes	84
November 16, 2007	Juan Chavarria Galica (El Gran Markus)	Diabetes	64
November 24 or 25, 2007	Angel of Death (Dave Sheldon)	Unknown	43
December 23, 2007	Mr. Gillis (NWA ECCW Wrestler)	Heart Attack	44
December 31, 2007	Arman Hussein	Natural Causes	61
February 15, 2008	Johnny Weaver	Natural Causes	73
March 6, 2008	Don Curtis	Massive Stroke	80
March 16, 2008	Gary Hart	Heart Disease	66
March 20, 2008	Bestia Salvaje (Juan Manuel Rodriguez)	Liver Disease	46
March 23, 2008	Chase Tatum	Drug Overdose	34
May 9, 2008	Judy Grable	Unknown	82
May 12, 2008	Penny Banner	Cancer	73

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