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 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

??

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

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 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

08/15/97

Plum Mariko

Head Trauma diring a match

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 OD

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 Dog

Car Accident

45