These 29 wrestlers died before the age of 60.
The list below is ordered by the person's age at the time of their death.
Lance Kurtis McNaught
Died on Aug 13, 2010, at the age of 29.
Mixed drug intoxication.
Died on Oct 5, 2022, at the age of 30.
Suicide by combined drug intoxication.
Michael John Lockwood
Died on Nov 6, 2003, at the age of 32.
Suicide by overdose.
Andrew Martin
Died on Mar 13, 2009, at the age of 33.
Accidental overdose of oxycodone.
Alexander Rizzo
Died on May 16, 2002, at the age of 34.
Kidney failure due to painkiller abuse.
Agatupu Rodney AnoaŹ»i
Died on Oct 23, 2000, at the age of 34.
Pulmonary edema.
Edward Smith Fatu
Died on Dec 4, 2009, at the age of 36.
Heart attack.
Windham Lawrence Rotunda
Died on Aug 24, 2023, at the age of 36.
Heart attack.
Died on May 17, 2020, at the age of 39.
Drowned while saving his son's life.
David Smith
Died on May 18, 2002, at the age of 39.
Heart attack due to an enlarged heart.
Died on May 16, 2019, at the age of 39.
TMZ reported that she hanged herself.
Christopher Klucsarits
Died on Apr 2, 2010, at the age of 40.
Suicide by antidepressant overdose.
Richard Erwin Rood
Died on Apr 20, 1999, at the age of 40.
Overdose from mixed medications.
Died on Jun 24, 2007, at the age of 40.
Committed suicide after murdering his wife and son.
Jonathan Huber
Died on Dec 26, 2020, at the age of 41.
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Ray Washington Traylor
Died on Sep 22, 2004, at the age of 41.
Heart attack.
Jorge González
Died on Sep 22, 2010, at the age of 44.
Complications from diabetes type 1.
Curtis Michael Hennig
Died on Feb 10, 2003, at the age of 44.
Acute drug intoxication.
Scott Charles Bigelow
Died on Jan 19, 2007, at the age of 45.
Toxic levels of cocaine and anti-anxiety drugs.
André René Roussimoff
Died on Jan 27, 1993, at the age of 46.
Heart failure.
Joan Marie Laurer
Died on Apr 17, 2016, at the age of 46.
Accidental drug overdose.
Brian Christopher
Died on Jul 29, 2018, at the age of 46.
Hanged himself in a jail cell.
Matthew Tapunu'u Anoa'i
Died on Apr 17, 2017, at the age of 47.
Congestive heart failure related to weight gain.
James Brian Hellwig
Died on Apr 8, 2014, at the age of 54.
Heart attack.
A few statistics about the wrestlers above.