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Alex "Larry Sweeney" Whybrow dead at 29 of a reported suicide
Alex Whybrow, 29, known to independent wrestling fans as wrestler and manager Larry Sweeney, was found dead today of what F4WOnline.com is reporting is a suicide. He had hanged himself at a wrestling school in Lake Charles, Louisiana some time between last night and this morning. Whybrow had been...
Legendary "Flying Frenchman" Edouard Carpentier passes away at 84 years old
Multiple sites are reporting that Edouard Carpentier, 84, passed away on Saturday night on in a hospital in Montreal. One of the biggest stars in Montreal's rich wrestling history, he was an impressively acrobatic high flyer before they were common, as well as a kinda sorta former NWA and AWA...
Trevor Murdoch on Chris Nowinski: "We're talking about a guy who milked a concussion for three or four years"
Slam! Wrestling has an excellent interview with Bill "Trevor Murdoch" Mueller about his relationship with his recently deceased best friend and tag team partner Lance "Cade" McNaught. It's a must-read and there's a lot of interesting stuff about their relationship, but the most newsworthy portion...
Mike Shaw (Makhan Singh/Norman The Lunatic/Bastion Booger) passes away at 53
Various sites are reporting that former wrestler Mike Shaw, 53, passed away yesterday due to a heart attack. F4WOnline has a nice quick bio and Slam! Wrestling has an excellent longer obituary. Shaw was probably best known for his role as Bastion Booger in the WWF in the early-mid '90s. The...
Gertrude "Luna" Vachon dead at 48
Various people in the wrestling business (such as friend/indy promoter David Herro) have posted on Facebook and Twitter that Gertrude "Luna" Vachon, 48, has passed away. She had lost all of her posessions in a fire two weeks ago. From F4WOnline: Luna Vachon, 48, the daughter of Butcher and niece...
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