Johnny Weaver Dies at Age 72
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CHARLOTTE, NC - One of professional wrestling's all-time great "good
guys," Johnny Weaver, passed away Friday at his home in Charlotte.
Weaver, born November 17, 1935, in East Saint Louis, Illinois, was a
favorite of wrestling fans during the heyday of the National
Wrestling Alliance. His wrestling career spanned more than four
decades and included wrestling, matchmaking, broadcasting, and
working in the front office. After the local wrestling promoter, Jim
Crockett Promotions, soldout to Ted Turner's WCW in November 1987,
Mecklenburg County
Sheriff C.W. Kidd gave Weaver a job with the Sheriff's Department, a
position he held until his untimely death.
Affectionately known as "The Dean of Professional Wrestling," Weaver
had recently accepted an invitation to be inducted into the NWA
Wrestling Legends' "Hall of Heroes" this August in Charlotte. The
dinner banquet and awards ceremony is part of the annual NWA
Wrestling Legends Fanfest, and Weaver will indeed be honored and
inducted posthumously later this summer.
Weaver is survived by a daughter, Wendy, from Charlotte.
Please make plans now to be with us for 3 HUGE DAYS (and now 4 nights!)
celebrating wrestling tradition!
This will make a great summer vacation!
NWA Wrestling Legends Fanfest
Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 14-17, 2008
Hilton University Place Hotel; Charlotte, North Carolina
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