YEARS 2000  -  up 1996  -  1999 1991  -  1995 1986  -  1990 1981  -  1985 1966  -  1980 1951  -  1965 1900  -  1950 BURIAL SITES 1966 Martin Hutzler Martin Hutzler Died: January 11, 1966 Terminal illness Ed "Strangler" Lewis Robert H. Friedrich Died: August 7, 1966 Natural causes, age 76 Morris Siegel Morris Siegel Died: December 26, 1966 Lengthy illness Don Eagle Carl Donald Bell Died: March 17, 1966 Self-inflicted gunshot wound, age 41     1967 "Catalina" George Drake Roland Hogg Died: December 29, 1967 Suicide, age 39 Nat Pendleton Nathaniel Greene Pendleton Died: October 12, 1967 Heart attack, age 72 Doc Sarpolis Karl Sarpolis Died: May 28, 1967 Heart attack, age 71 Stanislaus Zbyszko Stan Cyganiewicz Died: September 23, 1967 ----, age 88 1968 Big Ike Eakins Ike Eakins Died: October 20, 1968 Heart attack after wrestling George Hackenschmidt George Karl Julias Hackenschmidt Died: February 19, 1968 Natural causes, age 90 Wladek Zbyszko Wladek Cyganiewicz Died: June 10, 1968 ----   The Oklahoma Kid Elmer Gearlds Died: August 11 , 1968 Heart attack, age 29   1969 Iron Mike DiBiase Mike DiBiase Died: July 2, 1969 **Heart attack, age 45 Gentleman Jim Hady James Hady Died: January 12, 1969 **----, age 38   Frank Scarpa Frank Scarpa Died: January 25, 1969 ----, age 53 1970 Jerry London Jerry Linden Died: August 20, 1970 Suicide, age 41 Skull Murphy John Murphy Died: March 23, 1970 Heart attack, age 39 Buddy "Masked Marvel" Knox Herbert Glen Knotts Died: January 3, 1970 Leukemia, age 54 Dr. Sam Sheppard Samuel Holmes Sheppard, D.O. Died: April 6, 1970 Liver disease, age 46 1971 Hercules Cortez Alfonso Carlos Chicharro Died: July 24, 1971, age 39 Auto accident Rudy Dusek Rudy Hason Died: October 27, 1971 Heart attack, age 70 Tor Johnson Tor Johansson Died: May 12, 1971 Heart ailment, age 55 Hans Steinke Hans Steinke Died: June 24, 1971 Lung cancer, age 78 Alberto Torres Alberto Torres Died: June 13, 1971 **Internal injuries, age 31 1972 Whitey Caldwell J.C. Caldwell Died: October 7, 1972 Auto accident Ray Gunkel Ray Gunkel Died: August 1, 1972 Heart attack, age 48 Luis Hernandez Lee Garcia Died: February 1, 1972 Heart attack Luther Lindsay Luther Jacob Goodall Died: February 21, 1972 **Heart failure, age 48 Doug Scoggins Douglas Scoggins Died: August 14, 1972 Auto accident Everett Marshall Everette Marshall Died: February 10, 1973 Surgery complications, age 67 1973 Dory Funk, Sr. Wilhelm Funk Sr. Died: June 5, 1973 Heart attack, age 54 Joe Gardenfeld Joseph Gardenfeld Died: June 27, 1973 Baron von Huizenger Donald G. Huizenga Died: September 29, 1973 Heart attack, age 33 The Great Togo George Okamura Died: December, 1973 --, age 61 Alex Medina   Died: April 10, 1973 Illness, age 36 1974 Jack Pfefer Jack Pfefer Died: September 13, 1974 ----, age 79 Magnificent Maurice Gene Dubuque Died: March 13, 1974 Airplane crash 1975 Ron Dupree Russell Grobes Died: October 17, 1975 Heart attack Jim Londos Christos Theophilou Died: August 24, 1975 Heart attack Bobby Shane Robert Schoenberger Died: February 20, 1975 Airplane crash, age 29 Jules Strongbow Jules Strongbow Died: May 15, 1975 Cancer 1976 Sam Bass Fred W. Bass Died: July 26, 1976 Auto accident, age 41 Steve Clements Steve Beresford Died: April 21, 1976 Auto accident Frank Hester Frank Hester Died: July 26, 1976 Auto accident, age 37 Pepe Lopez Reuben Rodriguez Died: July 27, 1976 Auto accident, age 39 Jerry "Duke" Miller Jerry Miller Died: November 1976 Auto accident Angelo Martinelli Stanley Wiggins Died: July 6, 1976 Heart attack, age 59 1977 Antonino "Argentina" Rocca Antonino Biasetton Died: March 15, 1977 ----, age 49 Killer Karl Davis Karl Davis Died: July 4, 1977 ---- Bulldog Lee Henning Lee Henning Died: October 11, 1977 Terminal illness Bibber McCoy Robert H. McCoy Died: March 6, 1977 Illness, age 70 1978 Eric the Red Eric Hansen Died: November 9, 1978 Hit by car, age 34 Michele Martel Michele Martel Died: June 30, 1978 **Detached artery Moondog Mayne Ronald Mayne Died: August 13, 1978 Auto accident Bill Tupper Lloyd William Tupper Died: July, 1978 Industrial accident, age 49 John Pesek John Pesek Died: March 12, 1978 Heart attack, age 85   1979 "Two-Ton" Tony Galento Tony Galento Died: July 22, 1979 Heart attack Irish Jack Kennedy Jack Kennedy Died: July 22, 1979 Gunshot wound Lou Klein Louis J. Klein Died: October 11, 1979 Heart attack, age 63 Bull Martin Murray Grondin Died: July 30, 1979 Heart attack Billy McGuire Bill Leon McCrary Died: July 14, 1979 Heart failure "Dirty" Dick Raines Charles Raines Died: October 18, 1979 Lengthy illness, age 68 Chris Taylor Chris Taylor Died: June 30, 1979 Prolonged illness Chief War Eagle John Bell Died: August 27, 1979 Heart attack 1980 Gentleman Tony Arnold Ross Died: April 29, 1980 Blood clot, age 63 YEARS 2000  -  up 1996  -  1999 1991  -  1995 1986  -  1990 1981  -  1985 1966  -  1980 1951  -  1965 1900  -  1950 BURIAL SITES Thanks for visiting 1wrestlinglegends.com. Come back often! Website design by Scott Teal Copyright © 2007 by Scott Teal.  All rights reserved. No part of this material may be used or reproduced in any form or by any means without prior written consent of the publisher.