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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).
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 ...
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 ...
The A24 drama The Iron Claw follows four brothers in the Von Erich wrestling dynasty—Kerry, ... Chris fell into a deep depression following the death of his brother Mike, and died by suicide in ...
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.
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 ...
The Iron Claw is a 2023 biographical sports drama film written and directed by Sean Durkin about the Von Erichs, a family of professional wrestlers who are "cursed" by tragedy. The film depicts the struggles of wrestling company owner Fritz Von Erich 's sons to achieve the success for which their father groomed them, from 1979 to the early 1990s.
A younger brother, Chris Von Erich, was entirely left out of the film. Director and writer Sean Durkin explains to TODAY.com why that choice was made, and the reaction the real-life Kevin Von ...