A big life in photos: Darling Dagmar (1942-2024)
As we reflect back on the life of Kathy Moreland (nee Carlton) — better known as little...
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Tag: Obituary
Mat Matters: Sandy Parker’s sad, unnoticed death
The first time I met Sandy Parker at a Cauliflower Alley Club reunion in Las Vegas, I expressed...
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Scorpio Jr., CMLL and indie veteran, dies
Rafael Nunez Juan, also known as Scorpio Jr. and a long-standing wrestler in both CMLL and the...
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Al DeRusha, AWA behind-the-scenes power player, dies
Al DeRusha, who was both an on-screen authority figure and a behind-the-scenes player in the AWA...
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Indy manager, promoter Joey Nuggs dies
Joey Nuggs, a long-time manager and promoter in the Carolinas, has died, just a short while after...
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Fritz von Goering dead at 94
Fritz von Goering, who died at the age of 94 on August 13, 2024 from heart failure, could be...
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Family, friends remember Wild Samoan Afa
It’s never easy when someone dies. In the case of Wild Samoan Afa, he had gone through...
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Wild Samoan Afa dead at 81
Just a few months after the death of his brother, Sika, Afa the Wild Samoan has died. He was 81....
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Magazine editor, writer Dennis Brent dies
In April 2015, Terry Taylor was tasked with introducing Dennis Brent, who was receiving the...
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Kevin Sullivan dead at 74
News broke on Friday morning that “The Taskmaster” Kevin Sullivan had died. He was 74....
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Calgary’s Chase Pearce dead at 25
The tight-knit wrestling community in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, was rocked by the news that Chase...
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Mat Matters: An appreciation for the late Bill Custers
In this glorious current world of streaming, where you can watch just about whatever you want on...
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Wrestling world mourns Wild Samoan Sika
While known more recently primarily as the father of Roman Reigns, Wild Samoan Sika, who died on...
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Wild Samoan Sika dead at 79
Leati Sika Amituana’i Anoa’i, who wrestled as Sika as a part of the Wild Samoans tag...
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BC’s ‘Big Cat’ Scott Henson dead at 40
“Big Cat” Scott Henson, a veteran of the wrestling scene in British Columbia, has...
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Japanese wrestler Yutaka Yoshie passes away
Yutaka Yoshie, a former IWGP Tag Team Champion, passed away suddenly while wrestling as a...
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Ole Anderson dead at 81
How to sum up the life and times of Alan Robert Rogowski, better known to wrestling fans as Ole...
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Buffalo’s ‘None of a Kind’ Anthony Gaines dead at 30
The greater Buffalo wrestling community was rocked by the sudden death of Anthony Nicometi Jr.,...
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Chris Markoff dead at 85
Chris Markoff has died. He was 85 years old. The “Macedonian Madman” was known for his...
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‘Bully Boy’ Ian Muir passes away at 81
British wrestler and actor Ian “Bully Boy” Muir has passed away, with the news being broke by Mal...
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Tribute: The Mongolian Mauler marched to his own beat
Peter Miller, who wrestled as Precious Peter Flowers (“brother” to...
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Former WCW wrestler Ice Train dies
Harold Fitzgerald Hogue, better known by his in-ring name of Ice Train, has passed away today, as...
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‘Journeyman’ Francisco Ciatso dies
Veteran indy wrestler Francisco Ciatso died overnight. He was 48. Ciatso might be “The...
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BC’s Dropkick Murphy dead at 40
Mike Willis, a fixture on the indy wrestling scene in the Pacific Northwest since the early 2000s...
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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,...
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Emile Dupre dead at 86: The wrestling years
Emile Goguen, who wrestled as “Golden Boy” Emile Dupree or Dupre, and later promoted...
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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...
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Terry Funk dead at 79
Few things in life gave Terry Funk more pleasure than riling up a crowd. At his induction into the...
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Tony Peters: Veteran, gospel singer, wrestler
The obituary for George “Tony” Peters almost writes itself, though the first line from...
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Tommy Seigler dead at 84
Tommy Seigler, a veteran of the ring wars in the 1970s, primarily in the southeastern United...
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‘Droz’ Darren Drozdov dies
Darren Drozdov, a football player turned pro wrestler, who was paralyzed during a match in October...
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Indiana wrestler, promoter ‘Hot Stuff’ Rod Bell dies
Rod Bollenbacher, who wrestled as “Hot Stuff” Rod Bell, and later promoted in Indiana,...
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Bob Mulrenin was a ‘Super’ photographer
Longtime wrestling photojournalist Bob Mulrenin had more guts, determination and in the last few...
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Georgia’s ‘Big Doug’ Griffin dead at 57
Doug Griffin, who went by “Big Doug” in the rings of Georgia, passed away on Friday,...
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Wrestler turned actor Brick Bronsky dies
Wrestler turned actor Brick Bronsky — real name Jeff Beltzner — has died. His former...
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Tony Marino dies
Brian Blair, a long time friend of Tony Marino, posted the sad but not unexpected news that Marino...
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Music, boxing, wrestling promoter Rob Russen dies
Rob Russen, who has died at age 75, had notable careers as a musician and songwriter, as a boxing...
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Killer Tim Brooks dies
Killer Tim Brooks, the unpredictable madman with the long, scraggly hair, and an unkempt beard,...
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RIP Shaunymo – a tribute to a fallen brother
On June 23, Shaun “Shaunymo” Morris, a deathmatch wrestler from St. Catharines, Ontario,...
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Death Match star Danny Havoc remembered for brains not blood
If this obituary had been written by Danny Havoc, and not about him, it would undoubtedly be...
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With Perri and Blade, Pittsburgh loses two long-time fixtures
The Pittsburgh Independent Wrestling scene lost two of its most well-known faces over the past...
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Mat Matters: Terry Dart epitomized wrestling fandom
I have never dreaded writing an obituary more than this one. Terry Dart, the epitome of an...
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Who was he? Supreme!
The call would go out to the audience, “Who am I?” And the fans would reply with...
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Read this obituary of Jack Laskin!
“His last creative act was writing this obituary, just to be sure all the facts were...
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Remembering those we lost in 2007
There were times when it felt that an obituary ran on SLAM! Wrestling every week; of course, that...
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Remembering those we lost in 2003
It has been said time and time again that this was a tragic year for wrestling. This year,...
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