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Professional wrestling legend Terry Funk has passed away. He was 79 years old. Wrestling icons Ric Flair and Mick Foley acknowledged the news Wednesday afternoon.
WWE confirmed his passing in a statement.
Terrance Dee Funk (June 30, 1944 – August 23, 2023) was an American professional wrestler.Widely considered one of the most influential and greatest professional wrestlers of all time, Funk was known for the longevity of his career – which spanned more than 50 years and included multiple short-lived retirements – and the influential hardcore wrestling style he pioneered in the latter ...
Former WWE Heavyweight Champion "Superstar" Billy Graham has died at the age of 79. The WWE Hall of Famer's death was reported on Twitter on Wednesday, May 17, by professional wrestler Ric Flair ...
He underwent surgery and sustained multiple complications, and the accident reportedly affected his ability to function independently. [23] On July 15, Sullivan claimed that he was in the process of recovering. [24] Sullivan died from complications of a blood clot in Concord, Massachusetts, on August 9, 2024, at the age of 75. [21] [24] [25]
[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.
Superstar Billy Graham, who served as an inspiration for Hulk Hogan and many other pro wrestling superstars, has died at 79.
After contracting hepatitis C, [7] Graham received a liver transplant in 2002 from a 26-year-old female donor, who had died in a car crash. [60] He had cirrhosis at the time of his transplant. Graham was again hospitalized on May 24, 2006, due to a bowel obstruction from an earlier surgery.