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Over a three-day period between June 22 and 24, 2007, Chris Benoit, a 40-year-old Canadian professional wrestler employed by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), murdered his wife Nancy and their seven-year-old son, Daniel, before hanging himself at their residence in Fayetteville, Georgia, United States.
Ritter died on June 1, 1998, at the age of 45, in a single-car accident on Interstate 20 near Forest, Mississippi, as he was returning home from his daughter LaToya's high school graduation in Wadesboro, North Carolina. [1] Among Ritter's last contributions to professional wrestling was the training of former WWF wrestlers Rodney Mack and Jazz.
On October 2, 1964, Chene was killed in a single vehicle accident in Ottawa, Illinois when his car flipped over by hitting a telephone pole. Police said that it was speeding as they found a speeding ticket in his car which Chene got earlier that day. [6] He was 40 years old. Chene was buried in Detroit's Mount Olivet Cemetery on October 6.
Jay Briscoe, a wrestler with the Ring of Honor, died in a head-on car accident in Laurel, Delaware, on Jan. 17 that killed one other person.
This category lists people who died during a professional wrestling match or event, or post-match from an incident that started in-ring. Pages in category "Professional wrestling deaths" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
Owen James Hart (May 7, 1965 – May 23, 1999) was a Canadian-American professional wrestler who worked for several promotions including Stampede Wrestling, New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).
Ryan Mosher,19, was killed in a crash involving several vehicles near Owosso on Friday. The Holt High School grad was a wrestler at Cleary University.
Floyd was found unconscious in his car in the middle of a road at 2:48 a.m. with a .217 blood alcohol content. [20] He originally faced seven charges but pleaded to one. [19] Irving Fryar: Retired Conspiracy and theft by deception (mortgage scam) 5 years [21] Dwayne Goodrich: Dallas Cowboys Criminally negligent homicide: 12 + 1 ⁄ 2 years [22 ...