The Greatest Pro Wrestlers Who Lost Everything

Kerry Von Erich

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As cool as the Von Erich wrestling family sounds, they’re actually pretty tragic. By the time the family patriarch died of cancer at 68, five of his six sons had already passed. Three of them committed suicide, including Kerry, who shot himself in 1993 after the collapse of his marriage. Fellow wrestler Bret Hart later stated that Kerry had told him his two dead brothers were calling him, which may actually be the creepiest thing ever.

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