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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 ...
"The Iron Claw" director Sean Durkin explains to TODAY.com why one of the Von Erich siblings, Chris Von Erich, ... Between 1984 and 1993, four brothers died. David Von Erich died suddenly from ...
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 ...
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 A24 drama The Iron Claw follows four brothers in the Von Erich wrestling dynasty ... Chris fell into a deep depression following the death of his brother Mike, and died by suicide in 1991, at ...
While in Edmonton, he met wrestler and trainer Stu Hart, and Hart decided to train and book him in his Klondike Wrestling promotion, naming him Fritz Von Erich and teaming him with "brother" Waldo Von Erich as a pair of "evil German" brothers. Adkisson's oldest son Jack Barton Adkisson Jr. was born September 21, 1952.
He performed run-ins to aid his brothers against The Fabulous Freebirds. [5] Then Chris appeared at ringside when Kerry Von Erich won the NWA World Championship in May 1984. Chris also smashed Buddy Roberts across the back with a chair, and tackled Gino Hernandez at the Cotton Bowl in 1985 while he was trying to escape from having his hair ...
Two of Fritz's sons, Mike and Chris, died of suicide at 23 and 33. Three of the Von Erich sons are on full display in The Iron Claw, Kevin (Efron), Kerry (Allen White), and David (Dickinson). And ...