This is from a list made in 2007 if/when I get a chance I will add some of the other names who have passed on before 50. I have no idea if the number is high or not but it seems to be quite high when looking at just the wrestling population. Adrian Adonis (Keith Franke) 34 1988 Accident (car) Andre The Giant (Andre Rousimoff) 46 1993 Disease (heart attack caused by acromegaly) Art Barr 28 1994 Overdose Bam Bam Bigelow (Scott Bigelow) 45 2007 Overdose Biff Wellington (Shayne Bower) 42 2007 Heart attack Big Bossman (Ray Traylor) 42 2004 Heart attack Big Dick Dudley (Alex Rizzo) 34 2002 Disease (Kidney failure) Billy Joe Travis (William Joseph) 40 2002 Heart attack Bobby Duncum Junior 34 2000 Overdose Brady Boone (Dean Peters) 40 1998 Accident (car) Brian Pillman 35 1997 Heart attack (genetic though likely worsened by drug abuse) Bruiser Brody (Frank Goodish) 42 1988 Murdered (by fellow wrestler) Buzz Sawyer (Bruce Woyan) 32 1992 Overdose Chris Adams 40 2001 Murdered Chris Benoit 40 2007 Suicide Chris Candido 34 2003 Accident (blood clot during surgery after ring accident) Crash Holly (Michael Lockwood) 33 2003 Overdose (possible suicide) Curt Hennig 44 2003 Overdose Danny Johnson 49 2003 Unknown Davey Boy Smith 39 2002 Heart attack (drug related) Dick Murdoch 49 1995 Heart attack Dino Bravo (Adolfo Bresciano) 44 1993 Murdered DJ Peterson (Dave Peterson) 33 1993 Accident (motorcycle) Earthquake (John Tenta) 42 2006 Disease (cancer) Ed Gantner 31 1990 Suicide Eddie Gilbert 33 1995 Heart attack Eddie Guerrero 38 2005 Heart attack (drug related) Emory Hale 38 2006 Heart attack Hawk (Michael Hegstrand) 44 2003 Heart attack (likely drug related) Hercules (Ray Fernandez) 44 2003 Heart attack Jeep Swenson (Robert Swenson) 40 1997 Heart attack Jerry Blackwell 45 1995 Disease (pneumonia) Joey Maggs (Jospeh Magliano) 37 2006 Unknown John Studd (John Minton) 46 1995 Disease (Hodgkins) Johnny Grunge (Mike Durham) 39 2006 Disease (sleep apnea, possibly worsened by drug use) Junk Yard Dog (Sylvester Ritter) 45 1998 Accident (car) Kerry Von Erich (Kerry Adkisson) 33 1993 Suicide Larry Cameron 41 1993 Heart attack Leroy Brown (Roland Daniels) 37 1994 Heart attack Louie Spicolli (Louis Mucciolo) 27 1998 Overdose Mike Awesome (Mike Alphonso) 42 2007 Suicide Mike Davis 45 2001 Heart attack Mike Lozanski 35 2003 Heart attack Mitch Snow ? 2000 Suicide Owen Hart 34 1999 Accident (ring entrance) Pitbull 2 (Anthony Durante) 36 2003 Overdose Ray Candy 37 1994 Heart attack Renegade (Richard Wilson) 33 1999 Suicide Ravishing Rick Rude 40 1999 Heart attack (drug related) Rhonda Singh (Peggy Simpson) 40 2001 Overdose Rocco Rock (Ted Petty) 49 2002 Heart attack Scott Irwin 35 1987 Disease (Brain tumour) Sherri Martel 49 2007 Unknown Terry Gordy 40 2001 Heart attack The Wall (Jerry Tuite) 35 2003 Heart attack Troy Graham 47 2002 Heart attack Vivian Vachon 40 1991 Accident (car) Yokozuna (Rodney Anoia) 34 2000 Heart attack (genetic) Independent/part-time wrestlers Adam Marks 21 2006 Unknown Alan Carnill 42 2004 Accident (car) Axis (Steven Ranton) 22 2007 Suicide Bad Boy Brazil 26 2002 Drug related? Bad Business Brown 31 2001 Disease (aneurysm) Big City Mike 38 1997 Unknown Big E Sleaze (Jeremy Sumpter) 22 1998 Suicide Billy Redwood (William Crumpton) 29 2004 Accident (car) Billy The Kid (William Reid) 48 1998 Unknown Black Venus (Jean Kirkland) 46 1995 Unknown Blue Thunder Tornado (David Wayne Daniels) 18 1988 Accident (fork lift) Brandon Starr 19 2004 Accident (stroke from ring injury) Brian Cox 33 2003 Unknown Bubba Kneukols 34 2002 Heart attack Chazz Roco (Chad Floyd) 37 2005 Heart attack Chief Dave Foxx (David Farrar) 44 2001 Heart attack Chief Thundermountain (David Moisier) 33 1991 Heart attack Chri$ Ca$h (Christopher Bauman) 23 2005 Accident (motorcycle) Chris Duffy 35 2000 Disease (seizure) Chris Von Erich (Chris Adkisson) 21 1991 Suicide Core (Lee Estabrook) 29 2003 Suicide Dan Curtis 37 1998 Suicide Dane Gerous (Jared Hogan) 19 2005 Accident (car) Danny Fargo (Audie Hager) 44 2003 Disease (cancer) Danny Hawke (Dan Hawkins) 33 2004 Drug related Dave Casanova (David DiMeglio) 35 2002 Drug related? Dave Vicious 31 2001 Heart attack Doug Chevalier 38 2000 Heart attack Dr Destruction (John Coggleshall) 34 2004 Heart attack (in ring) Dynamite D (Darren McMillan) 37 2007 Disease (Cancer) Floyd Creatchman 46 2003 Disease (Chron?s) Guido Falcone (Richard Martell) 32 2002 Disease (Leukemia) Harlem Warlord (Jamie Cardiche) 32 2000 Disease (complications in surgery) Ivan Zaiken 39 1995 Unknown J Prodigy (Jeremy Davis) 29 2004 Unknown Jeff Peterson 22 2002 Disease (cancer) Jeff Raitz ? 2002 Heart attack Jenni Lee (Jennifer Bednar) 34 2006 Unknown Jerry Oski (Jerry Arotski) 32 1995 Unknown Jimmy Beal ? 1993 Unknown Jimmy Hustler (Jimmy Alicea) 33 2006 Heart attack Joe Powers 41 2003 Disease (Liver failure) Kevin Mailhot 24 2005 Accident (car) Lance Idol (Steve Schumann) 32 1991 Heart attack (drug related) Larry Doyle 37 1998 Disease (diabetes) Little Coco 40 1993 Unknown Liz Chase 46 1999 Disease (dies during surgery) Mark Mendian 20 2000 Accident (ring injury) Mass Transit (Eric Kulas) 22 2002 Disease (obesity) Matt Storm 39 2007 Unknown Mike Marcello ? 2000 Suicide Mr Ebony 46 1999 Heart attack Neil Superior (Neil Caricofe) 33 1996 Heart attack (during arrest, attack likely drug related) Pat Kelly 42 1988 Accident (Car) Randy Mansfield (Randy Toslinksi) 23 1998 Unknown Rick Bolton 49 2000 Unknown Rick Martello 38 1997 Unknown Robbie D (Robert Dicks) 32 2002 Suicide Rockin? Robin (Kim Robinson) 35 2001 Accident (motorcycle) (note ? not the WWF wrestler) Rocky Hata (Mitsuo Hata) 43 1991 Unknown Russ Haas 27 2001 Heart attack (genetic) Scott Peterson 31 1994 Accident (Motorcycle) Shane Shamrock (Brian Hauser) 23 1998 Murdered (actually shot legally by police during raid) Spider (Daniel Quirk) 22 2005 Accident (in ring) Stephan DeLeon 34 2004 Accident (motorcycle) Steve King 49 1998 Unknown Texas Outlaw #1 39 2004 Accident (car) The Diva (Kelly Tabor) 28 2002 Unknown The Stud 25 2006 Overdose Tiger Khan (Marlon Kalkai) 33 2006 Heart attack Tiny Anderson 42 1995 Unknown Tony Nash 30 2000 Accident (ring injury) Tony Rumble (Antony Magliaro) 43 1999 Heart attack Trae Kellar 36 2005 Unknown Xtreme 20 2004 Unknown Yuel Lovett (Alex Lovett) 28 1999 Heart attack Yukon Braxton (Jeffrey Dingess) 24 2002 Unknown International wrestlers we know Angel Azteca 43 2007 Heart attack (suspected) Baby X (Jose Barreto Mart?nez) 21 2004 Murdered Brazo Cibernetico (Aaron Alvardo Nieves) 33 1999 Disease (pancreatitis) El Sanguinario (Luis Delgadillo) 33 2002 Unknown El Texano (Juan Aguilar) 47 2006 Disease (respiratory failure) Emiko Kado 23 1999 Accident (ring injury) Gary Albright 36 1999 Heart attack (died during a match) Giant Ochiai (Takayuki Okada) 30 2003 Disease (brain haemorrhage) Haru Sonada 31 1987 Unknown Jackie Sato 41 1999 Disease (cancer) Jimmy Beale 25 1993 Unknown Jumbo Tsuruta (Tomomi Tsuruta) 49 2000 Disease (Hepatitis) Kodo Fuyuki 42 2003 Disease (cancer) Kronnus (Sergio Armando Villa) 27 1999 Murdered Kung Fu (Raymundo Cuesta Veloz) 49 2000 Heart attack Little Frankie (Masanobu Okamoto) 44 2002 Disease (unknown) Loco Zandokan (Arturo Carrillo Arteaga) 39 1995 Unknown Masakazu Fukuda 27 2000 Accident (ring injury) Mephisto Lephanto 31 2007 Heart attack (in ring) Multifacieto (Albert Morales) 20 2000 Suicide Oro (Javier Hernandez) 21 1993 Disease (Brain aneurysm, died in ring) Plum Mariko (Mariko Ueda) 29 1997 Accident (series of ring injuries) Relampago Negro ? 2002 Murdered Satoshi Hasegawa 22 1999 Accident (fell from balcony) Shinya Hashimoto 40 2005 Disease (aneurysm) Sombre Negra (Edwin Ortiz Torres) 36 2001 Heart attack Vangelis (Alejandro Granados) 29 2002 Unknown Victor The Bodyguard (Victor Rodriguez) 38 2004 Heart attack Villano I (Jose Mendoza) 49 2001 Heart attack
Chris Kanyon, 40, 2010 Suicide Dr Death Steve Williams, 49, 2010 Cancer Jorge Gonz?lez (Giant Gonzalez), 44, 2010 diabetes Lance Cade, 29, 2010 heart failure Luna Vachon 48, 2010 drug overdose Ludvid borga 47, suicide Nelson Frazier Jr. (Mabel, Viscera, Big Daddy V), 43, 2011 Heart Attack Mitsuharu Misawa, 46, 2009, heart attack in ring Sean O'Haire, 43, Suicide Steve Dunn, 48, 2009 blood clot Test, 33, 2009 drug overdose Umaga, 36, 2009 heart attack There is another large group of wrestlers age 50-65 which ill try to add later.
