| 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 |
| 02/10/58 |
David Von Erich |
Complications of a Inflamed Intestine |
25 |
| ??/??/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. |
76 |
| 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. |
45 |
| 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 |
39 |
| 06/03/73 |
Dory Funk Sr. |
Dies at home in Amarillo, TX. |
54 |
| 08/21/74 |
Buford "The Bull" Pusser |
?? |
37 |
| 02/20/75 |
Bobby Shane |
Plane Crash |
29 |
| 08/19/75 |
Jim Londos |
Heart Attack |
78 |
| 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 |
| 05/17/84 |
Vince McMahon Sr. |
Cancer |
69 |
| 08/02/84 |
Argentina Apollo |
Heart Attack |
46 |
| 01/21/85 |
Eddie Graham |
Self-inflicted gunshot wound |
55 |
| 03/02/85 |
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 |
Heart Attack |
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 |
| 02/16/87 |
Ann Gunkel |
Cancer |
50 |
| 04/12/87 |
Mike Von Erich |
Suicide by overdosing on Placidyl |
23 |
| 08/24/87 |
Malcolm "King Kong" Kirk |
Dies with a Heart Attack during a match with Shirley Crabtree. |
50 |
| 07/04/88 |
Adrian Adonis |
Mini-van goes over a cliff killing the 3 of them, Mike Kelly
survived. |
34 |
| 07/04/88 |
Pat Kelly |
Mini-van goes over a cliff killing the 3 of them, Mike Kelly
survived. |
?? |
| 07/04/88 |
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. |
42 |
| 09/06/88 |
Leroy Browm |
Heart Attack |
38 |
| 09/09/88 |
Leroy McGuirk |
Dies at home. |
78 |
| 02/18/89 |
Midred Burke |
Stroke |
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. |
71 |
| 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 |
Alzeimers |
?? |
| 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 |
41 |
| 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 |
Heart Attack |
58 |
| 03/01/97 |
Frank "Gorilla" Marconi |
not known |
?? |
| 03/24/97 |
Dr. Bill Miller |
Heart Attack |
69 |
| 06/30/97 |
Larry O'Day |
Liver Cancer |
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 |
62 |
| 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 |
Heart Problems |
73 |
| 02/15/98 |
Louie Spicolli |
Asphyxiation due to painkillers and alcohol |
27 |
| 06/02/98 |
Junk Yard Dog |
Car Accident |
45 |
| 06/29/98 |
Jose Rivera |
Lukemia |
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(Mark Curtis) |
Cancer |
38 |
| 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 |
62 |
| 1/22/00 |
Al Costello |
Heart Problems |
79 |
| 1/??/00 |
Raul Reyes |
?? |
60 |
| 1/24/00 |
Bobby Duncum Jr. |
Overdose of painkiller |
34 |
| 5/16/00 |
Jumbo Tsuruta |
Internal bleeding after a kidney transplant |
49 |
| 7/27/00 |
Gordon Solie |
Cancer |
71 |
| 8/20/00 |
Tony Parisi |
Heart Attack |
58 |
| 8/22/00 |
Toru Tanaka |
Heart Attack |
70 |
| 10/3/00 |
Klondike Bill (real name Bill Soloweyko) |
Bulbar Palsy |
68 |
| 10/22/00 |
Yokozuna |
Heart Failure |
34 |
| 10/29/00 |
Steve Allen |
Natural Causes |
78 |
| 04/13/01 |
Johnny Valentine |
Natural Causes? |
73 |
| 07/16/01 |
Terry Gordy |
Heart Attack |
40 |
| 07/27/01 |
Rhonda Singh |
Heart Attack |
40 |
| 10/07/01 |
Chris Adams |
Shot in Texas |
46 |
| 12/15/01 |
Russ Hass |
Heart Attack |
27 |
| 12/26/01 |
Mike Davis |
Heart Problems |
46 |
| 01/07/02 |
Mighty Rgor (Dick Garza) |
Heart Failure |
70 |
| 02/03/02 |
Nelson Royal |
Heart Attack |
70 |
| 02/18/02 |
Bad Boy Basil |
?? |
26 |
| 02/20/02 |
Swede Hanson |
Alzheimers Disease |
68 |
| 04/11/02 |
Stanley Weston |
Cancer |
82 |
| 04/19/02 |
Wahoo McDaniel |
Bad Health |
63 |
| 04/28/02 |
Lou Thesz |
Surgery COmplications |
86 |
| 05/14/02 |
Erich Kulas(Mass Transit) |
Gastric Bypass Surgert Complications |
22 |
| 05/16/02 |
Big Dick Dudley |
Kidney Failure |
34 |
| 05/16/02 |
Shoichi Arai |
Suicide |
36 |
| 05/17/02 |
British Bulldog |
Heart Attack |
39 |
| 08/15/02 |
Little Frankie |
?? |
44 |
| 09/21/02 |
Rocco Rock(From Public Enemy) |
Heart Attack |
49 |
| 09/21/02 |
Scott Teal/Tim Woods(Mr. Wrestling) |
Heart Attack |
68 |
| 01/18/03 |
Edward Farhat |
Heart Failure |
78 |
| 02/10/03 |
Curt Hennig |
Acute Cocaine Intoxication |
45 |
| 05/01/03 |
Miss Elizabeth |
Drug Overdose |
42 |
| 06/02/03 |
Classy Freddie Blassie |
Heart Failure |
85 |
| 09/25/03 |
Anthony Durante(One of Pitbull in ECW) |
Drug Overdose |
36 |
| 10/16/03 |
Stu Hart |
Complications of pneumonia |
88 |
| 10/19/03 |
Road Warrior Hawk |
Heart Attack |
45 |
| 11/06/03 |
Crash Holly |
Asphyxiation/Drug overdose |
32 |
| 11/29/03 |
Moondog Spot(Larry Booker) |
Heart Attack |
51 |
| 12/06/03 |
The Wall |
Heart Attack |
36 |
| 02/13/04 |
John Heath |
Cancer |
80 |
| 03/06/04 |
Hercules Hernandez |
Heart Attack |
45 |
| 09/22/04 |
Ray Traylor |
Heart Attack |
42 |
| 04/19/05 |
Big John Harris AKA Silo Sam |
?? |
52 |
| 04/28/05 |
Chris Candido |
Blood Clot |
33 |
| 06/17/05 |
Ron Trongaurd |
Liver Cancer |
72 |
| 07/11/05 |
Shinya Hashimoto |
Anresum |
40 |
| 07/21/05 |
Lord Alfred Hayes |
Stroke |
77 |
| 08/13/05 |
Chris Tolos |
Natural Causes |
75 |
| 08/25/05 |
Ed "Sailor" White |
?? |
56 |
| 10/22/05 |
The Crusher |
Natural Causes |
79 |
| 11/13/05 |
Eddie Guerrero |
Heart Failure |
38 |
| 12/10/05 |
Chad Floyd |
Heart Failure |
37 |
| 01/15/06 |
El Texano |
Respiratiry Failure |
47 |
| 01/16/06 |
Ricky Romero |
Diabeties |
74 |
| 01/28/06 |
Victor Mar |
Heart Attack |
51 |
| 01/29/06 |
Emory Hale |
Kidney Failure |
?? |
| 02/16/06 |
Johnny Grunge |
Sleep Apnea |
39 |
| 04/02/06 |
Victor Quinones |
Natural Causes |
46 |
| 05/04/06 |
Sammy Mokuahi |
Alzheimer's/Diabetes |
71 |
| 05/27/06 |
Apache Bull Ramos |
Diabetes |
71 |
| 06/07/06 |
John Tenta |
Bladder Cancer |
42 |
| 06/24/06 |
Luke Graham |
Heart Failure |
70 |
| 07/14/06 |
Bob Orton Sr. |
Heart Attack |
76 |
| 08/08/06 |
Karl Von Stroheim |
Heart Attack |
78 |
| 10/06/06 |
Antonio Peņa |
Heart Attack |
57 |
| 10/15/06 |
Jumping Joey Maggs |
Unknown |
37 |
| 10/26/06 |
Kintaro Oki |
Heart Attack |
77 |
| 11/01/06 |
Daniel Garcia |
Natural Causes |
80 |
| 11/03/06 |
Sputnik Monroe |
Died in sleep |
78 |
| 11/13/06 |
Dennis Conway, Sr. |
Stroke |
74 |
| 12/16/06 |
Don Jardine |
Heart Attack/Leukemia |
66 |
| 01/19/07 |
Bam Bam Bigelow |
Drug Overdose |
45 |
| 02/17/07 |
Mike Awesome |
Suicide |
42 |
| 03/06/07 |
Bad News Brown |
Heart Attack |
63 |
| 03/10/07 |
"Big Cat" Ernie Ladd |
Cancer |
68 |
| 06/15/07 |
Sensational Sherri Martel |
?? |
49 |
| 06/25/07 |
Chris Benoit |
Suicide |
40 |
| 06/25/07 |
Nancy Benoit(Woman) |
Strangled |
42 |
| 07/18/07 |
John Kronus |
Natural Causes |
38 |
| 08/13/07 |
Brian Adams |
?? |
43 |
| 10/27/07 |
J.R. Hogg |
?? |
?? |
| 11/02/07 |
The Fabulous Moolah |
Natural Causes |
84 |
| 08/30/08 |
Killer Kowalski |
Heart Attack |
81 |
