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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.
Christopher Michael Benoit (/ b ə ˈ n w ɑː / bə-NWAH; May 21, 1967 – June 24, 2007) was a Canadian professional wrestler.He worked for various pro-wrestling promotions during his 22-year career, but is notorious for murdering his wife and youngest son.
[2] [3] [4] Experts suggest that a combination of the physical nature of the business, no off-season, and potentially high work load (with some wrestlers fighting more than 100 and even 200 matches per year), along with the drug culture in wrestling during the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s contributes to high mortality rates among wrestlers.
Christopher Morgan Klucsarits (January 4, 1970 – April 2, 2010) was an American professional wrestler.He was best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) from 1994 to 2004, under the ring names Chris Kanyon, Kanyon, and Mortis. [1]
Christopher Keith Irvine (born November 9, 1970), better known by the ring name Chris Jericho, is an American-Canadian professional wrestler, rock musician, and actor.As a wrestler, he has been signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) since January 2019, where he is the leader of The Learning Tree stable, and the two-time and current ROH World Champion in AEW's sister promotion, Ring of Honor.
Christopher Barrett Candito (March 21, 1972 – April 28, 2005) was an American professional wrestler.Candito is best remembered for his tenures with promotions such as World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), and Smoky Mountain Wrestling, where he performed under the ring name Chris Candido ...
27 years ago, comedian Chris Farley’s life came to a tragic end.. The Wisconsin-born star was discovered dead in his Chicago apartment from an apparent drug overdose on Dec. 18, 1997. He was 33 ...
Charles Fay Harris (June 22, 1946 – May 23, 1995) was an American professional wrestler [3] who worked as Chris Colt for a variety of different wrestling promotions in the United States such as Big Time Wrestling (Detroit), NWA All-Star Wrestling, American Wrestling Association, and Pacific Northwest Wrestling.