Wrestler Benoit's suicide and double homicide

[haplesshobo]

I was never into wrestling and I thought it was really stupid, but my college roomate was really into it so even I knew who Benoit was. What happened was a major blow to wrestling because Benoit was a major, popular figure and its going to shine a spotlight on the dark underbelly of wrestling. With the link to steroids and possible roid rage, its going to bring up some uncomfortable questions about wrestling like the number of wrestlers who use steroids and why wrestlers are 20X more likely to die before the age of 40 than football players.

[SunWuKong]

i miss the days when there was less steroid use, when wrestlers can be fat and out of shape, and still be popular.

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[Golden Monkey]

List of dead wrestlers - age of death - cause
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Chris Von Erich - 21 - suicide
Mike Von Erich - 23 - suicide
Louie Spiccoli - 27 - overdose
Art Barr - 28 - unknown circumstances
Gino Hernandez - 29 - overdose
Jay Youngblood - 30 - series of heart attacks
Rick McGraw - 30 - heart attack
Joey Marella - 30 - car crash
Ed Gatner (Gantner) – 31 - suicide
Buzz Sawyer - 32 - heart attack
Crash Holly - 32 - overdose
Kerry Von Erich - 33 - suicide
D.J. Peterson - 33 - motorcycle crash
Eddie Gilbert - 33 - heart attack
The Renegade - 33 - suicide
Owen Hart - 33 - fall accident
Chris Candido - 33 - blood clot
Adrian Adonis - 34 - accident
Gary Albright - 34 - heart attack
Bobby Duncum Jr. - 34 - overdose
Yokozuna - 34 - heart attack
Big Dick Dudley - 34 - kidney failure
Brian Pillman - 35 - heart disease
Marianna Komlos - 35 - breast cancer
Pitbull #2 - 36 - overdose
The Wall/Malice - 36 - heart attack
Leroy Brown - 38 - heart attack
Mark Curtis - 38 - cancer
Eddie Guerrero - 38 - heart failure
Davey Boy Smith - 39 - heart attack
Johnny Grunge - 39 - sleep apnea
Vivian Vachon - 40 - car accident
Jeep Swenson - 40 - heart failure
Brady Boone – 40 - car accident
Terry Gordy - 40 - heart attack
Bertha Faye - 40 - overdose
Billy Joe Travis - 40 - heart attck
Chris Benoit - 40 - suicide
Larry Cameron - 41 - heart attack
Rick Rude - 41 - heart failure
Randy Anderson - 41 - cancer
Bruiser Brody - 42 - stabbed
Miss Elizabeth - 42 - overdose
Big Boss Man – 42 - heart attack
Earthquake - 42 - cancer
Mike Awesome - 42 - suicide
Ray Candy - 43 - heart attack
Nancy Benoit (Woman) - 43 - murdered
Dino Bravo - 44 - murdered
Curt Hennig - 44 - overdose
Bam Bam Bigelow - 45 - overdose
Jerry Blackwell - 45 - Pneumonia
Junkyard Dog - 45 - car accident
Hercules - 45 - heart disease
Andre the Giant - 46 - heart failure
Big John Studd - 46 - cancer
Chris Adams - 46 - murdered
Mike Davis - 46 - heart attack
Hawk - 46 - heart attack
Dick Murdoch - 49 - heart attack
Jumbo Tsuruta - 49 - kidney complications
Rocco Rock - 49 - heart attack
Sherri Martel - 49 - yet undetermined
Moondog Spot - 51 - heart attack
Ken Timbs - 53 - heart failure
Uncle Elmer - 54 - diabetes
Pez Whatley - 54 - heart attack
Eddie Graham - 55 - suicide
Tarzan Tyler - 55 - car accident
Haystacks Calhoun- 55 - diabetes
Giant Haystacks - 55 - cancer
The Spoiler - 56 - heart attack
Kurt Von Hess - 56 - heart attack
Moondog King - 56 - undetermined
Gene Anderson - 58 - heart attack
Dr. Jerry Graham - 58 - stroke
Bulldog Brown - 58 - heart attack
Tony Parisi – 58 - heart attack

[Adaon]

Wow, I haven't watched wrestling in years, and it sort of threw me off that some of the guys I watched are now dead, and I didn't even know about it.

[power puff girl]

wrestling is just basically a soap opera for frat guys who don't want to admit they like to watch soap operas.

[LaiSteve66]

wrestling is just basically a soap opera for frat guys who don't want to admit they like to watch soap operas.

lol, I'll give you that, wrestling is a soap opera.