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Del Wilkes, the former professional wrestler best known to WWE fans as The Patriot, has sadly passed away. The wrestler, who spent a year in WWE during the Attitude Era in the late 1990s, reportedly passed away last Thursday after suffering a massive heart attack. He was 59 years old.

"At the request of his family, it's with a devastated heart that I let you know Heaven gained one of the most special men I've ever had the honor to know today," family friend Allen Wright Adkins said in a statement, per WrestleZone. "Del Wilkes, I've loved you for 40 years and always will. Rest in peace, my dear friend...you'll be missed more than you could ever know."

Andy McDaniel, a pastor who hosted a podcast with Wilkes, added in a statement of his own: "Del Wilkes would become a name that those in college football knew quite well. He would...

Just two months after the death of wrestling announcer "Mean" Gene Okerlund, another major star from the golden era of wrestling has passed away. It is being reported that King Kong Bundy, real name Christopher Alan Pallies, died today at the age of 61. Details on the wrestler's passing or possible cause of death haven't yet been revealed, though some of Bundy's friends and colleagues are taking to social media to offer their support. On Twitter, Bundy's longtime personal friend David Herro confirmed the news in tweet accompanied with images of the two together. "Today we lost a Legend of a performer and someone that I considered family," the post reads. "Rest In Peace my friend. Thank you for believing in me."

After spending a few years working in various wrestling territories, Bundy joined the WWE (then WWF) in early 1985. As one of the company's most prominent villains, Bundy had obliterated...