The following article remembers those who have contributed to wrestling as a sport (Sumo, Greco-Roman) or as a business (WWE, TNA Wrestling, Independent Scene, Old-School Territories, Referees, TV Broadcasters) who have passed away in 2012.
This year we saw names such as Chief Jay Strongbow, Emilio Charles Jr, Brad Armstrong, Mike Graham and more pass away.
The full list of those who have passed away is below. Please take a moment to remember them all.
January
2nd – Anatoly Kolesov (Aged 73)
12th – Pablo “MS-1” Fuentes Reyna (Aged 55)
12th – Savannah Jack (Aged 64)
13th – Abdollah Mojtabavi (Aged 87)
21st – Daniel Alba (Aged 71)
February
6th – Rick Lancaster (Aged 58)
12th – Johnny Diamond (Aged 60)
13th – Kushimaumi Keita (Aged 46)
17th – Cliff “The Dominoes #1” Lily (Aged 68)
23rd – Sonny Meyers (Aged 53)
26th – Don Joyce (Aged 82)
29th – Woody Farmer (Aged 76)
March
3rd – Doug Furnas (Aged 52)
6th – Tommy Weathers (Aged 70)
11th – Shillelagh O’Sullivan (Aged 75)
12th – Dick Woehrle (Aged 81)
13th – Joe McCarthy (Aged 82)
22nd – Joe Blanchard (Aged 82)
April
3rd – Chief Jay Strongbow (Aged 83)
6th – Miguel Alonso (Aged 89)
12th – Masakre (Aged 57)
14th – Dom Travis (Aged 31)
May
4th – Buddy Diamond (Aged 67)
10th – Del Skinner (Aged 70)
12th – Gorgeous George Jr. (Aged 74)
17th – Russ “Lumberjack #1” Walters (Age Not Released)
24th – Theo Ehret (Aged 91)
26th – Hans Schmidt (Aged 87)
June
11th – Lee Allen (Aged 77)
July
12th – Dara Singh (Aged 83)
20th – Goldie Rogers (Aged 61)
20th – Don Savage (Age Not Released)
24th – Eddie Lopez (Age Not Released)
25th – Blackjack Daniels (Aged 83)
27th – Rita Cortez (Aged 73)
August
11th – Red Bastien (Aged 81)
11th – Sid Waddell (Aged 72)
September
12th – Sergei Artyukhin (Aged 35)
18th – Don Fields (Aged 80)
29th – Stan Pulaski (Aged 79)
30th – Bobby Jaggers (Aged 64)
October
10th – Alex Karras (Aged 77)
18th – Marvin Lambert (Aged 34)
19th – Mike Graham (Aged 61)
24th – David “Thunderfoot #2” Deaton (Aged 56)
31st – Chief Thundercloud (Aged 69)
November
1st – Brad Armstrong (Aged 50)
10th – Doug Hansen (Age Not Released)
12th – Siegfried Stanke (Aged 74)
17th – Dwain “Awesome Kong” McCullough (Aged 54)
19th – Ted Herbert (Aged 65)
29th – “Freebird” Buddy Roberts (Aged 67)
December
6th – Mike Boyette (Aged 71)
8th – Ian St. John (Aged 75)
12th – “Mr. Wrestling” Gordon Nelson (Aged 82)
22nd – Rip Hawk (Aged 82)
26th – Al Mandell (Aged 92)
27th – Emilio Charles Jr. (Aged 56)
28th – Bill Dromo (Aged 75)
Note: If there is anyone who passed away this year that is not included on the list of those above, please feel free to comment and we will add that person to the list.
