Obituaries

Emile Dupre dead at 86: The promoting years
Writing about the wrestling days of Emile Dupre, who died on September 17, 2023, at the age of 86, was fairly straightforward. Writing about his...

Emile Dupre dead at 86: The wrestling years
Emile Goguen, who wrestled as "Golden Boy" Emile Dupree or Dupre, and later promoted in Atlantic Canada for decades, has died. He was 86. There are...

Brett Sawyer dead at 63
Brett Sawyer, who often teamed with his notoriously wild brother "Mad Dog" Buzz Sawyer, has died. He was 63. Details of his passing are not known,...
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Adnan Al-Kaissy dead at 84
Former WWWF World tag team champion Billy White Wolf, who achieved greater fame as the hated villain General Adnan or Shiek Adnan Al-Kaissy, has died he was 84. The news was broken on September 6 by long-time Minneapolis announcer Mick Karch, who had known Al-Kaissy...
‘The Voice’ is silent with Rich Landrum’s passing
One night, during a taping of the Mid-Atlantic promotion’s World Wide Wrestling, host Rich Landrum called an audible in introducing his color man. Ordinarily, he welcomed fans to show the show and brought out “the ever-popular” Johnny Weaver. On this occasion, he...
Bray Wyatt photo gallery
On August 24, 2023, the wrestling world learned that the creative mind of Windham Rotunda, who had been Bray Wyatt, The Fiend, and Husky Harris in WWE and NXT, was dead. Here are some photos of him from over the years from the SlamWrestling.net archives: [modula...
George Tahinos’ Terry Funk photo gallery
SlamWrestling.net's George Tahinos shot Terry Funk during the Funker's great comeback, as a hardcore icon in ECW, and at various other times. "Terry was nice to me when he saw me, I would always go over to say hello and pay respect," Tahinos recalled after hearing of...
Friends, fans celebrate legacy of Terry Funk
The overwhelming number of posts about Terry Funk and what he meant to the wrestling world speaks for itself. A select few are collected below: Ric Flair: In My Entire Life, I’ve Never Met A Guy Who Worked Harder. Terry Funk Was A Great Wrestler, Entertainer,...
Terry Funk dead at 79
Few things in life gave Terry Funk more pleasure than riling up a crowd. At his induction into the Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame in May 2004, he bragged about one near-riot on August 30, 1971. Funk was wrestling at New York City's famed Madison Square Garden, alongside...