This list is astounding:
Chris Von Erich - 21 depressed over brothers and job-suicide
Mike Von Erich - 23 -had toxic shock syndrome, drug problems, suicide
Louie Spiccoli - 27 had drug issues, ODed
Art Barr - 28 while he did do drugs and alcohol, no determination
Gino Hernandez - 29 OD of cocaine (maybe believe drug hit)
Jay Youngblood - 30 -ruptured spleen, series of heart attacks
Rick McGraw - 30 -heart attack. Rick’s death came shortly after his match with Roddy Piper, and rumors circulated that the beating he received was what killed him..
Joey Marella - 30 -fell asleep at the wheel
Ed Gatner - 31 (1990) - suicide
Buzz Sawyer - 32 -heart attack, had history of drug abuse
Crash Holly - 32 OD of painkillers
Kerry Von Erich - 33 -cycle accident
D.J. Peterson - 33 -cycle accident
Eddie Gilbert - 33 -heart attack, known steroids, painkillers & cocaine history + injuries from vehicle accident in 83
The Renegade - 33 -depressed, suicide
Owen Hart - 33 -fall
Chris Candido - 33 -blood clot from complications of surgery on broken fibia & tibula
Adrian Adonis - 34 -passenger in vehicle accident
Gary Albright - 34 -heart attack while performing, also suffered from diabetes, enlarged heart, blockage of coronary artieries
Bobby Duncum Jr. - 34 accidental OD
Yokozuna - 34 -massive heart attack
Big Dick Dudley - 34 kidney failure
Brian Pillman - 35 - history of drugs, autopsy found undetected heart condition
Marianna Komlos - 35 -breast cancer
Pitbull #2 - 36
The Wall/Malice - 36 -heart attack
Leroy Brown - 38
Mark Curtis - 38 -stomach & bowel cancer (odd to see how many dead wrestlers were at a benefit for him before he died)
Eddie Guerrero - 38 heart failure (undiagnosed cardiovascular disease) had a history of drugs & alcohol and recently on painkillers
Davey Boy Smith - 39 -heart attack, past anabolic steroid use
Johnny Grunge - 39 -sleep apnea complications
Vivian Vachon - 40 -road accident along with daughter
Jeep Swenson - 40 -heart failure
Brady Boone - 40 -car accident
Terry Gordy - 40 -heart attack brought on by blood clot
Bertha Faye - 40 drug OD, caused heart attack
Billy Joe Travis - 40
Chris Benoit - 40 - suicide by hanging, after allegedly murdering his wife and 7 year old son
Larry Cameron - 41 (1993) - heart attack
Rick Rude - 41 -heart failure, autopsy report OD of mixed medications. had testified t anabolic steroids in the past
Randy Anderson - 41 -cancer
Bruiser Brody - 42 -stabbed by the Invader (Jose Huertas) in Puerto Rico (dude was aquitted and many wrestlers refused to work in PR)
Miss Elizabeth - 42 -accidental OD (found on the scene were hydrocodone, xanax, anabolics, testosterone, and saizen)
Big Boss Man - 42 -heart attack
Earthquake - 42 -bladder cancer
Mike Awesome - 42 -suicide (hanging)
Ray Candy - 43
Nancy Benoit (Woman) - 43 - allegedly murdered by her husband, Chris Benoit
Dino Bravo - 44 shot to death, unsolved. Rumor has it that he was part of a cigarette smuggling ring. Bravo was shot execution-style 7 times, including two to the back of the head. Another site has that there were “scores of spent shells” found around his body.
Curt Hennig - 44 -acute cocaine intoxication. history of steroids and painkillers
Bam Bam Bigelow - 45 -multiple drugs + heart problems, had also been suffering infection and diabetes
Jerry Blackwell - 45 auto accident
Junkyard Dog - 45 -fell asleep at the wheel
Hercules - 45 -supposed heart disease
Andre the Giant - 46 -congestive heart failure
Big John Studd - 46 -cancer & hodgkins
Chris Adams - 46 - shot at bar during altercation. owner of gun claims self defense
Mike Davis - 46 only says he dealt with drugs & alcohol
Hawk - 46 -drugs, alcohol, and steroid history, heart attack
Dick Murdoch - 49 -heart attack
Jumbo Tsuruta - 49 -diagnosed with Hep B, later kidney cancer which spread to his liver, but died of complications of a kidney transplant
Rocco Rock - 49 -heart attack
Sherri Martel - 49 -tox reports are pending
Moondog Spot - 51 -heart attack
Ken Timbs - 53 -long illness, died of cardiomyopathy & congestive heart failure
Uncle Elmer - 54
Pez Whatley - 54 heart attack while awaiting heart transplant
Eddie Graham - 55 lifelong alcoholic, suicide by gunshot
Tarzan Tyler - 55 - auto accident
Haystacks Calhoun- 55 -diabetes
Giant Haystacks - 55 -cancer
The Spoiler - 56 -complications of heart attack & leukemia
Kurt Von Hess - 56
Moondog King - 56 -take your pick, suffered from bells palsy, 2 heart attacks, triple bypass, car accident which broken some bones in his neck and messed a nerve in his spinal cord
Gene Anderson - 58 -heart attack
Dr. Jerry Graham - 58
Bulldog Brown - 58
Tony Parisi - 58 -heart attack
In an industry that has long had reported connections to steroids and where monster-sized men pound each other night after night, it’s no wonder that tragedy follows them around. It’s always sad when a favorite dies, but hardly surprising. And I think that’s the saddest part of all — their deaths have occurred some commonly, it’s an easy punchline to a morbid joke.
Source: Ghoulpool.us
