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Martin was found dead in his Tampa, Florida apartment on March 13, 2009, four days prior to what would have been his 34th birthday. [18] [25] Police were contacted after a neighbor reportedly realized Martin had been lying motionless on his couch for some time, prompting them to call 911. Authorities retrieved Martin's body after scaling his ...
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.
[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.
On January 11, 2013, the body of Kendrick Johnson was discovered in the gymnasium of Lowndes High School in Valdosta, Georgia, found headfirst in the center of a vertical rolled-up wrestling mat. The body was discovered by fellow students who had climbed up to the top of a cluster of mats, which stood nearly 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and 3 feet (0.91 ...
The student at Campbellsville University in Kentucky who was found dead in his dorm room died by manual strangulation, the coroner announced Monday.. Josiah Malachi Kilman, 18, a freshman wrestler ...
Joshua Taylor died on Thursday, Jan. 2, according to an obituary published online. He was 19 years old. The crash occurred in Licking County, Ohio, according to WBNS and The Columbus Dispatch ...
The teen grew to love wrestling during his freshman year and was known to make others laugh. The club canceled practice Monday night and also planned to close Monday , Sept. 30 due to services for ...
This is a list of oldest surviving professional wrestlers. As of 2024, there are 43 living veterans from the " Golden Age of Wrestling " (1950s–1970s) over 75 years old. The last surviving wrestler from the " Pioneer Era " (1900s–1940s) was American wrestler Angelo Savoldi (born April 21, 1914, died September 13, 2013, aged 99 years, 145 days).