IN MEMORY

This Page is dedicated to those wrestlers who have entertained us for so many years but are no longer with us. If you would, please take the time to visit this tribute in respect of those individuals. Thank You.

Rick Wilson, AKA: The Renegade
1965-1999
Suicide

Sylvester Ritter, AKA: Junk Yard Dog
1953-1998

Brian Pillman, AKA: The Loose Cannon
1961-1997

Kerry Adkisson, AKA "The Texas Tornado" Kerry Von Erich
1960-1993

Keith Franke, AKA "Adorable" Adrian Adonis
1954-1988

Houston Harris, AKA Bobo Brazil
Date of death: January 20, 1998

George Wagner, AKA Gorgeous George
Date of death: December 26, 1963
Age 48

Herman "Dutch" Rhode, AKA "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers
Date of death: June 26, 1992
Age 71

Louis Mucciolo, AKA Louie Spiccoli
Date of death: February 15, 1998
Age 27

Andre Rousimoff, AKA Andre the Giant
Date of death: January 27, 1993

John William Minton, AKA Big John Studd
Date of death: March 20, 1995
Age 47

Jack Adkisson, AKA Fritz von Erich
Date of death: September 10, 1997
Age 68

Richard Afflis, AKA Dick the Bruiser
Date of death: November 10, 1991
Age 62

Frank Goodish, AKA Bruiser Brody
Date of death: July 17, 1988
Age 42

Wilhelm Funk Sr., AKA Dory Funk, Sr.
Date of death: June 5, 1973
Heart attack, age 54

William Miller, AKA Dr. Bill Miller
Date of death: March 24, 1997
Heart attack, age 69

Frank Gotch
Date of death: December 16, 1917
Uremic poisoning, age 40

Robert H. Friedrich, AKA Ed "Strangler" Lewis
Date of death: August 7, 1966
Natural causes, age 76

Tommy Edward Gilbert, Jr., AKA Eddie Gilbert
Date of death: February 18, 1995
Heart attack, age 33

Eddie Gossett, AKA Eddie Graham
Date of death: January 21, 1985
Suicide, age 55

Pat O'Connor
Date of death: August 16, 1990
Liver cancer, age 65

Mitsuhiro Momota, AKA Rikidozan
Date of death: December 15, 1963
Stab wounds

Stan Cyganiewicz, AKA Stanislaus Zbyszko
Date of death: September 23, 1967
----, age 88

Wilbur Snyder
Date of death: December 25, 1991
Lymphatic leukemia/heart failure, age 62

William Potts, AKA Whipper Billy Watson
Date of death: February 4, 1990
----, age 74

Lionel Giroux, AKA Little Beaver
Date of death: December 4, 1995
Emphysema, age 61

Hassan Nuhammed, AKA The Terrible Turk
Date of death: January 28, 1929
Auto accident

Wayne Munn
Date of death: early 1931
Kidney problems

Dimitri Demetroff
Date of death: May 9, 1932
Blood poisoning, age 37

Dr. Benjamin Franklin Roller , AKA Dr. Benjamin Roller
Date of death: April 20, 1933
Pneumonia, age 57

Joe Shimkus
Date of death: May 31, 1934
Brain concussion

Tex Wright
Date of death: March 11, 1935
Chronic Myocarditis

James Orval Browning, AKA Jim Browning
Date of death: June, 1936
Ulcer operation

Mike Romano
Date of death: June, 1936
Athlete's heart, age 36

Martin Burns, AKA Farmer Burns
Date of death: February 9, 1937
Not known, age 75

Eddie Baker
Date of death: May 14, 1937
----, age 36

Jacques Armand Schuel, AKA Jack Curley
Date of death: July 12, 1937

Frank Speer
Date of death: June 10, 1938
Bronchial pneumonia, age 32

Phil Taggart
Date of death: April 21, 1938
----, age 48

John Stevens
Date of death: March 1, 1940
Heart attack, age 50

William Edwards, AKA Billy Edwards
Date of death: January 21, 1941
Auto accident, age 41

Gus Sonnenberg
Date of death: September 12, 1944
Tuberculosis

Laurence LaBelle, AKA Ali Adali
Date of death: December 18, 1948
Auto accident, age 40

Joe Lynam
Date of death: September 25, 1948
Airplane crash, age 31

Danno O'Mahoney
Date of death: November 4, 1950
Auto accident, age 37

Don Sugai
Date of death: October 14, 1952
Auto accident, age 39

Frank S. Leavitt, AKA Man Mountain Dean
Date of death: May 29, 1953
Heart attack, age 63

Maurice Tillet, AKA The French Angel
Date of death: September 3, 1954
Heart failure, age 51

Bobby Becker
Date of death: 1954
Leukemia

Karl Pojello
Date of death: September 3, 1954
Heart failure

Lou Daro, AKA "Carnation" Lou Daro
Date of death: July 11, 1958
Natural causes, age 71

Chick Curcuru, AKA Chick Garibaldi
December 18, 1961
Heart attack, age 46

Oyama Kato, AKA Oyama Kato
Date of death: January 9, 1961
Heart attack after wrestling

Johnny Demchuk
Date of death: June 23, 1962
Heart failure, age 49

Arthur Lawrence Beauchene, AKA Larry Chene
Date of death: October 1, 1964
Auto accident

Louis Papineau
Date of death: March 7, 1964
Heart failure, age 36

Tex Riley
Date of death: 1964
Heart attack after wrestling, age 50

Eric Holmbeck, AKA Yukon Eric
Date of death: January 16, 1965
Suicide

Henry Kulky, AKA Bomber Kulkovich
Date of death: February 12, 1965
Heart attack, age 53

Martin Hutzler
Date of death: January 11, 1966
Terminal illness

Morris Siegel
Date of death: December 26, 1966
Lengthy illness

Roland Hogg, AKA "Catalina" George Drake
Date of death: December 29, 1967
Suicide, age 39

Nathaniel Greene Pendleton, AKA Nat Pendleton
Date of death: October 12, 1967
Heart attack, age 72

Karl Sarpolis, AKA Doc Sarpolis
Date of death: May 28, 1967
Heart attack, age 71

Ike Eakins, AKA Big Ike Eakins
Date of death: October 20, 1968
Heart attack after wrestling

George Karl Julias Hackenschmidt, AKA George Hackenschmidt
Date of death: February 19, 1968
Natural causes, age 90

Wladek Cyganiewicz, AKA Wladek Zbyszko
Date of death: June 10, 1968

Mike DiBiase, AKA Iron Mike DiBiase
Date of death: July 2, 1969
Heart attack, age 45

James Hady, AKA Gentleman Jim Hady
Date of death: January 12, 1969
----, age 38

Jack Pfefer
Date of death: August 24, 1969
Age 74

Manuel Cortez, AKA Frank Scarpa
Date of death: January 25, 1969
----, age 53

Jerry Linden, AKA Jerry London
Date of death: August 20, 1970
Suicide, age 41

John Murphy, AKA Skull Murphy
Date of death: March 23, 1970
Heart attack, age 39

Jose Alfonso Cortes Chicarro, AKA Hercules Cortez
Date of death: July 24, 1971
Auto accident

Rudy Hason, AKA Rudy Dusek
Date of death: October 27, 1971
----, age 70

Tor Johansson, AKA Tor Johnson
Date of death: May 12, 1971
Heart ailment, age 55

Hans Steinke
Date of death: June 24, 1971
Lung cancer, age 78

Alberto Torres
Date of death: June 13, 1971
Internal injuries, age 31

J.C. Caldwell, AKA Whitey Caldwell
Date of death: October 7, 1972
Auto accident

Ray Gunkel
Date of death: August 1, 1972
Heart attack, age 47

Lee Garcia, AKA Luis Hernandez
Date of death: February 1, 1972
Heart attack

Luther Jacob Goodall, AKA Luther Lindsay
Date of death: February 21, 1972
**Heart failure, age 48

Douglas Scoggins
Date of death: August 14, 1972
Auto accident

Russell Grobes, AKA Ron Dupree
Date of death: October 17, 1975
Heart attack

Christopoulos Theophilus, AKA Jim Londos
Date of death: August 24, 1975
Heart attack

Robert Schoenberger, AKA Bobby Shane
Date of death: February 20, 1975
Airplane crash, age 39

Jules Strongbow
Date of death: May 15, 1975
Cancer

Fred W. Bass, AKA Sam Bass
Date of death: July 26, 1976
Auto accident, age 41

Steve Beresford, AKA Steve Clements
Date of death: April 21, 1976
Auto accident

Frank Hester
Date of death: July 26, 1976
Auto accident, age 37

Reuben Rodriguez, AKA Pepe Lopez
Date of death: July 27, 1976
Auto accident, age 39

Jerry Miller, AKA Jerry "Duke" Miller
Date of death: November 1976
Auto accident

Antonino Biasetton, AKA Antonino "Argentina" Rocca
Date of death: March 15, 1977
----, age 49

Karl Davis, AKA Killer Karl Davis
Date of death: July 4, 1977

Lee Henning, AKA Bulldog Lee Henning
Date of death: October 11, 1977
Terminal illness

Robert H. McCoy, AKA Bibber McCoy
Date of death: March 6, 1977
Illness, age 70

Eric Hansen, AKA Eric the Red
Date of death: November 9, 1978
Hit by car, age 34

Michele Martel
Date of death: June 30, 1978
Detached artery

Ronald Mayne, AKA Moondog Mayne
Date of death: August 13, 1978
Auto accident

Tony Galento, AKA "Two-Ton" Tony Galento
Date of death: July 22, 1979
Heart attack

Jack Kennedy, AKA Irish Jack Kennedy
Date of death: July 22, 1979
Gunshot wound

Allen Parker, AKA Lou Klein
Date of death: October 11, 1979
Heart attack

Murray Grondin, AKA Bull Martin
Date of death: July 30, 1979
Heart attack

Bill Leon McCrary, AKA Billy McGuire
Date of death: July 14, 1979
Heart failure

Dick Raines, AKA "Dirty" Dick Raines
Date of death: October 18, 1979
Lengthy illness

Chris Taylor
Date of death: June 30, 1979
Prolonged illness

John Bell, AKA Chief War Eagle
Date of death: August 27, 1979
Heart attack

Francis Gabor, AKA Killer Buddy Austin
Date of death: August 12, 1981
Heart attack

George Kosti, AKA George Gadaski
Date of death: December 13, 1982
Terminal illness, age 52

Orion Clemence Heskin, AKA Thor Hagen Date of death: December 14, 1982
Liver cancer, age 57

Richard Lane, AKA Dick Lane
Date of death: September 5, 1982
Terminal illness

Bill Longson, AKA Wild Bill Longson
Date of death: December 10, 1982
Lengthy illness

James Thomas, AKA Shag Thomas
Date of death: July 25, 1982
Heart attack

Harry Thornton
Date of death: November 15, 1982
Carciac arrest following surgery, age 64

Bobby Bruns
Date of death: January 23, 1983
Age 68

Ernie Roth, AKA Abdullah Farouk aka The Grand Wizard
Date of death: October 12, 1983
Heart attack, age 54

Edward Wright, AKA Bearcat Wright
Date of death: August 28, 1983
----, age 50

Vincente Denigris, AKA Vittorio "Argentina" Apollo
Date of death: August 2, 1984
Heart attack, 46

Jim Bernard, AKA Brute Bernard
Date of death: July 14, 1984
Accidental gunshot wound

Gino Curcuru, AKA Gino Garibaldi
Date of death: December 10, 1984

Allan Layton, AKA Lord Athol Layton
Date of death: January 18, 1984
Heart attack, age 63

Vince McMahon, Sr.
Date of death: May 17, 1984
Cancer, age 69

Rudolfo Huerta, Jr., AKA El Santo
Date of death: February 5, 1984

Helen Hild
Date of death: March 4, 1984
Bronchitis, emphysema, age 57

Pierre Lefebvre
Date of death: December 20, 1985
Auto accident

Rick McGraw
Date of death: November 1, 1985
Heart attack

Francis "Frank" A. Plummer, AKA Lou Plummer
Date of death: September 16, 1985

Lauren Tourville, AKA Tarzan Tyler
Date of death: December 20, 1985
Auto accident
Steve Romero, AKA Jay Youngblood
Date of death: September 1, 1985
Heart attack

Warren Bockwinkle
Date of death: March 25, 1986
Alzheimer's disease

Andrew Douglas, AKA Bubba Douglas
Date of death: February 13, 1986
Heart attack, age 42

Emil Hason, AKA Emil Dusek
Date of death: July 9, 1986
----, age 81

Charles Wolfe, AKA Gino Hernandez
Date of death: January 30, 1986
Cocaine overdose, age 29

Steve Casey, AKA Steve "Crusher" Casey
Date of death: January 10, 1987
Cancer, age 78

Ann Gunkel
Date of death: February 17, 1987
Cancer

Malcolm Kirk, AKA Malcolm "King Kong" Kirk
Date of death: August 23, 1987
Heart attack while wrestling

Kazaharu Sonada
Date of death: November 29, 1987
Airplane crash

Mike Adkisson, AKA Mike von Erich
Date of death: April 12, 1987
Drug overdose/suicide, age 23

Jonathan Delaun Heaton, AKA Brother Jonathan
Date of death: September 21, 1987
Heart problems, age 83

Betty Jo Floyd, AKA Betty Jo Hawkins
Date of death: December 4, 1987
Heart failure, severe arthritis, age 57

Fred Atkinson
Date of death: May 13, 1988

Leroy Rochester, AKA "Bad Bad" Leroy Brown
Date of death: September 6, 1988
Heart attack, age 38

John Foley, AKA John "J.R." Foley
Date of death: July 24, 1988
Lung cancer

Paul Jones (promoter)
Date of death: April 17, 1988

Victor Arko, AKA Pat Kelly
Date of death: July 4, 1988
Auto accident

Leroy McGuirk
Date of death: September 9, 1988

Larry Moquin
Date of death: December 12, 1988
Cancer

David Wayne Daniels, AKA Blue Thunder Tornado
Date of death: September 21, 1988
Forklift accident, age 18

"Gentleman" Saul Weingeroff
Date of death: March 14, 1988
Heart failure

David McKigney, AKA The Canadian Wildman
Date of death: July 4, 1988
Auto accident

Vince Bagala, AKA The Spoiler
Date of death: June 20, 1998
Age 56

Paul Boesch
Date of death: March 7, 1989
Heart attack

Mildred Bliss, AKA Mildred Burke
Date of death: February 18, 1989
Stroke, age 73

Bill Calhoun, AKA Haystack Calhoun
Date of death: December 7, 1989
Diabetes complications, age 56

Butch Boyette, AKA Mario Galento
Date of death: January 6, 1989
Liver disease, age 74

William J. Cobb, AKA Happy Humphrey
Date of death: March 14, 1989
Heart attack

Raymond E. Nieto, AKA Chief Lone Eagle
Date of death: January 2, 1989
----, age 81

Joe Marusich, AKA Tiger Joe Marsh
Date of Death: May 9, 1989
Heart failure, age 78

Milo Steinborn
Date of death: February 9, 1989
Natural causes, age 95

Bronko Nagurski
Date of death: January 7, 1990
Natural causes, age 81

Eugene Avon Anderson, AKA Gene Anderson
Date of death: October 31, 1991
Heart attack, age 58

Roy Collins, AKA Ripper Collins
Date of death: November 11, 1991
Colon cancer

Wally Dusek
Date of death: October 28, 1991
Blood clot

Martin Hisao Tanaka, AKA Duke Keomuka
Date of death: June 30, 1991
Heart failure, age 70

Danny Little Bear
Date of death: May 12, 1991
Liver cancer, age 65

Chris Adkisson, AKA Chris von Erich
Date of death: September 12, 1991
Suicide, age 21

George Arena, AKA Baron Arena
Date of death: July 16, 1992
Bone cancer

Joe Hason, AKA Joe Dusek
Date of death: October 31, 1992
----, age 81

Stan Frazier, AKA Uncle Elmer aka The Giant Plowboy
Date of death: June 30, 1992
Kidney failure, age 61

Laurence Roy Heffernan, AKA Roy Heffernan
Date of death: September 24, 1992
Heart attack, age 67

John Kakacek, AKA Johnny Kace
Date of death: September 9, 1992

James Lennon
Date of death: April 20, 1992
Heart failure, age 79

Danny McShain, AKA Irish Danny McShain
Date of death: July 14, 1992

Fred Miller, AKA Freddy Miller
Date of death: November 25, 1992
Heart attack, age 63

Frederick Pantano, AKA Bull Montana
Date of death: May 30, 1992

Leo "The Lion" Newman
Date of death: August, 1992

Bruce Woyan, AKA "Mad Dog" Buzz Sawyer
Date of death: February 7, 1992
Drug overdose, age 32

"Professor" Roy Shire
Date of death: September 20, 1992
Heart attack, age 71

Vivian Vachon
Date of death: August 24, 1992
Auto accident

Alfred DeBenedetti, AKA Count Antonio Verdi
Date of death: January 8, 1992
----, age 81

Fred Ward
Date of death: May 7, 1992
Natural causes, age 76

Harold Wantanabe, AKA Tojo Yamamoto
Date of death: February 19, 1992
Suicide

Richard G. Vest, Sr., AKA Chief Big Heart
Date of death: April 22, 1993
Heart attack, age 66

Adolpho Bresciano, AKA Dino Bravo
Date of death: March 11, 1993
Murdered, age 44

Larry Cameron
Date of death: December 13, 1993
Heart attack

Stanley Littlejohn, AKA Little Coco
Date of death: May 16, 1993
Natural causes

Rip Collins, AKA Rip Collins aka Scufflin' Hillbilly
Date of death: June 18, 1993

James Clayton Dykes, AKA J.C. Dykes
Date of death: November 20, 1993
Heart attack, age 67

Manuel Enos, AKA Tony "Bull" Enos
Date of death: December 18, 1993
Illness, age 78

Frank Hickey
Date of death: December 8, 1993
Heart disease, age 78

Billy Yow, AKA Billy Hines
Date of death: May 26, 1993
Heart attack, age 59

Carey Lloyd, AKA Rufus R. Jones
Date of death: November 13, 1993
Heart attack, 60

Wally Karbo
Date of death: March 25, 1993
Heart attack, age 77

Leo Joseph Smith, Jr., AKA Don Kent
Date of death: June 7, 1993
Leukemia, age 60

Frank Menacker, AKA Sam Menacker
Date of death: January 7, 1993
----, age 79
Elton Owen
Date of death: December 31, 1993
----, age 78

David Peterson, AKA Dave "D.J." Peterson
Date of death: May 25, 1993
----, age 33

Willie Kurt Rutkowsky, AKA Kurt von Brauner
Date of death: February 17, 1993
----, age 69

Paul Anderson
Date of death: August 15, 1994
----, age 61

Russell Knorr, AKA Tiny Anderson
Date of death: 1994
Kidney failure, age 42

Art Barr
Date of death: November 23, 1994

Kay Bell
Date of death: October 27, 1994
----, age 80

John Bonica, AKA Dr. John Bonica
Date of death: August 15, 1994
Stroke, age 77

Raymond Canty, AKA Ray Candy
Date of death: May 23, 1994
Heart attack, age 43

George MacArthur, AKA George Cannon
Date of death: July 1, 1994
Cancer, age 62

Edward Creatchman
Date of death: March 9, 1994
Heart attack, age 66

Gene Sannizzaro, AKA Gene Dundee aka Flash Monroe
Date of death: November 27, 1994
Natural causes

Ernie Hason, AKA Ernie Dusek
Date of death: April 11, 1994
----, age 85

Ronnie Etchison
Date of death: March 4, 1994
Alzheimer's Disease, age 77

Donald Ouderkirk, AKA Don Kirk
Date of death: May 18, 1994
Kidney failure

Hardy Kruskamp
Date of death: November 12, 1994
----, age 88

Antone Leone, AKA Ripper Leone
Date of death: March 13, 1994

Larry Simon, AKA The Great Malenko
Date of death: September 1, 1994
Leukemia, age 60

Joseph Marella
Date of death: July 4, 1994
Automobile accident, age 30

Scott Peterson
Date of death: July 25, 1994
Motorcycle accident, age 31

Woddy Strode
Date of death: December 31, 1994
Lung cancer, age 80

Frankie Talaber
Date of death: September 7, 1994
----, age 82

Jay York, AKA The Alaskan
Date of death: October 7, 1995
Liver disease, age 57

Jerry Blackwell, AKA Crusher Blackwell
Date of death: January 22, 1995
Pneumonia, age 45

Vic Christy
Date of death: October 25, 1995

Gene Stevens, AKA Frank Dalton
Date of death: October 17, 1995
Heart attack, age 54

Ilio DiPaolo
Date of death: May 10, 1995
Auto accident, age 68

Richard E. Demonbreun, AKA Dick Dunn
Date of death: July 6, 1995
Natural causes

George Momberg, AKA Killer Karl Krupp
Date of death: October 24, 1995
Heart attack, age 62

Stanley E. Myslajek, AKA Stan Macelak
Date of death: February 28, 1995
Heart attack, age 83

Bill McKim, AKA Red McKim
Date of death: early 1995
----, age 63

Henry Phillips, AKA Treach Phillips
Date of death: September 30, 1995
Heart failure, age 66

Benjamin Ramirez, AKA Benji Ramirez
Date of death: December 20, 1995
Airplane crash, age 63

John Regus
Date of death: January 4, 1995
Respiratory failure, age 78

Charles Richards, AKA Chuck "Popeye" Richards
Date of death: 1995
Cancer, age 65

Don "Mr. America" Ross
Date of death: June 2, 1995
Heart attack, age 48

Jean Kirkland, AKA The Black Venus
Date of death: September 29, 1995
Heart attack, age 47

Bill Dahmer, AKA Pancho Villa
Date of death: June 12, 1995
Heart failure

Ideguchi Hajime, AKA Mr. Chin
Date of death: June 26, 1995
Kidney failure, age 62

Orville Lee Carlson, AKA Cowboy Carlson
Date of death: July 11, 1996
Illness, age 73

Sylvia June Lantagne, AKA Bette Clark
Date of death: April 9, 1996
Heart attack, age 53

Floyd W. Eckert, AKA Ray Eckert
Date of death: July 7, 1996
Heart attack, age 79

Ken Farber
Date of death: mid-1996
Natural causes, age 72

Edward A. Welch, AKA Buddy Fuller
Date of death: January 15, 1996
Heart attack, age 71

A.J. Christenson, AKA Ivan the Terrible
Date of death: February, 1996
----, age 97

Edward Bruce, AKA Ivan Kalmikoff
Date of death: June 9, 1996
Heart failure, age 78

George A. Lawo, AKA Tony Lawo
Date of death: October 22, 1996
Heart disease, age 83

Larry "Rocky" Hamilton, AKA The Missouri Mauler
Date of death: July 19, 1996
Heart attack, age 65

Hart Richard Murdoch, AKA Dick Murdoch
Date of death: June 15, 1996
Heart attack, age 49

Tom Rice
Date of death: August 24, 1996
Heart failure, age 82

Carl Ray Stevens, AKA Ray Stevens
Date of death: May 3, 1996
Heart failure, age 60

Neil Caricofe, AKA Neil Superior
Date of death: August 23, 1996
Heart disease, age 33

George Francis Temple, Jr., AKA George Temple
Date of death: May 27, 1996
Heart disease, age 77

Juanita Wright, AKA Sapphire
Date of death: September 10, 1996
Heart attack, age 61

Mitsu Arakawa
Date of death: April 20, 1997
Heart attack, age 72

Andre Labrakis, AKA Spiros Arion
Date of death: early '97
----, age 56

Tony Baillargeon
Date of death: March 14, 1997
Cancer, age 68

Rick Martello, AKA Big City Mike
Date of death: January 3, 1997
Heart failure, age 38

Jeremy Sumpter, AKA Big E Sleaze
Date of death: October 26, 1997
Suicide, age 22

Richard Gland, AKA Bulldog Brower
Date of death: September 16, 1997
Heart attack, age 63

Robert Brown, AKA Bulldog Bob Brown
Date of death: February 5, 1997
Heart attack, age 57

Carl Dennis Campbell, AKA Luke Brown
Date of death: November 13, 1997
Heart failure, age 62

Ed Capral
Date of death: April 1997

Shirley Crabtree, AKA Big Daddy
Date of death: December 2, 1997
Heart attack, age 67

Jerry Graham, AKA Dr. Jerry Graham
Date of death: January 24, 1997
Heart attack, age 68

Dr. Joseph Cassius, AKA Judo Joe
Date of death: March 27, 1997
Cardio-respiratory arrest, age 69

Dale Lewis
Date of death: August 30, 1997
Leukemia, age 62

Jack Lloyd, AKA Danno O'Shocker
Date of death: August 31, 1997
Pneumonia, age 73

Widdis A. MacMurray, AKA Big Bill MacMurray
Date of death: February 15, 1997
----, age 73

Frank Marconi, AKA Gorilla Marconi
Date of death: March 1, 1997
----, age 79

Mariko Umeda, AKA Plum Mariko
Date of death: August 16, 1997
Brain aneurism, age 29

Larry O'Day
Date of death: June 30, 1997
Liver cancer, age 53

Les Roberts
Date of death: October, 1997
Automobile accident

George Stipich, AKA Stan Stasiak
Date of death: June 19, 1997
Heart failure, age 60

Robert Alexander Swenson, AKA Jeep Swenson
Date of death: August 19, 1997
Heart attack, age 40

Jesus Torres
Date of death: October 10, 1997
Liver cancer, age 58

Wallace Dean Vaughn, AKA Rip Tyler
Date of death: December 3, 1997
Liver cancer, age 57

Pedro Martinez
Date of death: February 1998
Parkinson's Disease

Buddy Lee
Date of death: February 13, 1998
Cancer, respiratory failure, age 65

Frank James, AKA Johnnie James
Date of death: March 4, 1998
Treatment of lung cancer, age 75

Roy McClarity
Date of death: April 27, 1998
Heart failure