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Laverne Clarence "Verne" Gagne [2] (/ ˈ ɡ ɑː n j eɪ / GAHN-yay; February 26, 1926 – April 27, 2015) [3] was an American amateur and professional wrestler, football player, wrestling trainer and wrestling promoter.
In the 1990s, Hennepin County took Verne Gagne's 58 acres and home on Lake Minnetonka for a park, paying him only a fraction of what the family thought it was worth, Greg Gagne said.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Verne Gagne, one of professional wrestling’s most celebrated performers and promoters, has died. He was 89. Gagne died Monday at his daughter’s home in the Twin Cities area, according to longtime friend Gene Okerlund, a pro wrestling announcer who was inducted into the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame with ...
A native of Minnesota, a state perhaps second only to Iowa in its ardor for wrestling, Verne Gagne had been determined to be a wrestler from the time he was a boy. He left home at 14 to pursue...
Laverne Clarence “Verne” Gagne died Monday night at age 89. A Robbinsdale native, he was seen as one of the pioneers behind pro wrestling’s ascendency to widespread popularity.
WWE is saddened to learn that Verne Gagne, one of sports-entertainment’s most celebrated performers and promoters, has passed away at the age of 89. Photos from Gagne's legendary career | Watch Gagne in action.
Verne Gagne, the founder and promoter of the American Wrestling Association (AWA) and one of the most important figures in professional wrestling history, passed away on Monday night at...
Verne Gagne was a standout athlete at Robbinsdale High School, where he was a two-time state high school wrestling champion in 1942 and 1943. Verne's football and wrestling career was interrupted by a tour of duty with the United States Marine Corps in 1943.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Verne Gagne, one of professional wrestling's most celebrated performers and promoters, has died. He was 89.
The world of wrestling said its final goodbye to a true legend on Tuesday, May 5, in Minneapolis. Any way you want to slice it, Verne Gagne was a giant in this sport, in both the amateur and professional realms, and as a contributor and ambassador, as well.