Popular American Wrestler, Vader Is Dead

Popular American wrestling superstar, Vader, who also starred in thrilling movies like “Boy Meets World,” has died on Monday at the age of 63.


The late wrestler’s son, Jesse Wright confirmed Vader’s death via his Twitter handle on Wednesday. In his tweet, he said: “Around a month ago my father was diagnosed with a severe case of Pneumonia. He fought extremely hard and clinically was making progress. Unfortunately, on Monday night his heart had enough and it was his time.”

The WWE star, whose real name was Leon White, was diagnosed with congestive heart failure two years ago. Several media reports claimed that he was given only two years to live.
Vader, who was also known as Big Van Vader in the ring, revealed in April that he was recovering well from an open-heart surgery he had in March.

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