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Former wrestler and Welsh wrestling icon Adrian Street has died. He was 82.
“He’d had a heart problem a while ago which was resolved,” she explained. “But then he had a stroke earlier this month which resulted in a bleed on the brain. He was recovering from that at home when he developed colitis - a chronic inflammatory bowel disease - which later turned into sepsis. That’s what killed him.”
Street had previously been diagnosed and survived throat cancer in 2001,per Wales Online, but Linda shared with the BBC that his recent health battles “all came about so quick.”
“I’ve still not come to terms with it yet,” she added while expressing that she plans to have his ashes scattered near their home in Cwmbran, Wales, and remembering him as “the kindest, most loving man you could ever meet.”
The BBC reports that Street and Linda first met in 1969.According to the WWE, the former wrestler worked alongside his wife who served as his in-ring manager through different promotions in the United Kingdom, Germany, Mexico, and Canada, before finding a home at the Continental Championship Wrestling promotion in Birmingham, Alabama.
After news of his death was made public, famous friends across the world of wrestling paid tribute to Street on social media.
WWEHall of FamerPaul “Triple H” Levesqueremembered Street as a “genre-bending pioneer whose larger-than-life presence and ruthlessness between the ropes changed the wrestling world forever.” He shared two photos of Streeton Twitterand added that he was “honored to have called Adrian Street a friend.”
Fellow WWE wrestling personality William Regal (real name Darren Kenneth Matthews) echoed the same sentiments,writing on Twitter, “I’m deeply saddened to hear of the passing of my friend and truly a one off talent Adrian Street. My deepest condolences to Linda and Adrian’s family. Rest well.x”
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source: people.com
