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The day his tragic death, Kevin and Fritz spoke to ET after Kerry's death on the family ranch in Texas. In the wake of losing a third brother to suicide, Kevin explained the many hardships Kerry ...
Picture of the Von Erichs. From left to right: Kerry, Fritz, Chris (front), Kevin, Mike and David. The Von Erich family is an American professional wrestling family. Originally from Texas, their actual surname is Adkisson, but every member working in wrestling has used the ring name "Von Erich" after family patriarch Fritz Von Erich (real name Jack Adkisson).
Her brothers followed in 1975, 1981 and 1987, leaving four sisters to sort out the pain. “There was another, then another, then another,” she said. “I couldn’t talk about it.
The youngest brother, Chris Von Erich, died by suicide in September 1991 at the age of 21. Per the Baltimore Sun, his mother and a brother found him at the family’s 500-acre East Texas ranch. He ...
He only started wrestling full-time after the death of his older brother David. He died by suicide on 12 April 1987. Chris Von Erich, the youngest of the six brothers, was born on 30 September ...
Kevin had talked to Chris earlier that day about 100–150 yards north of their home where an apparent suicide note had been left. [17] His interment was located at Grove Hill Memorial Park in Dallas. [18] Chris's life story was combined with his brother Kerry's for the movie The Iron Claw.
Mike had five brothers: David, Kerry, Kevin, Jack and Chris. [2] His father, longtime Texas wrestler and wrestling promoter, Fritz Von Erich , trained all his sons in professional wrestling. [ 2 ] Several wrestlers associated with Mike, such as his brother Kevin, King Kong Bundy , "Gentleman" Chris Adams , Gary Hart and Jake Roberts , have all ...
'The Iron Claw,' A24's new movie starring Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, Harris Dickinson, and more, tells the tragic tale of the Von Erich wrestling family.