The wrestling world is mourning the death of WWE legend Pat Patterson. Patterson, who was born in Ville-Marie, Montreal, passed away in a Miami hospital on Wednesday after a battle with cancer.
The news was first reported by TSN’s Tony Marinaro and subsequently confirmed by WWE. RELATED: WWE’s Sonya Deville Nearly Kidnapped, Suspect Arrested Patterson was a tour de force both in the wrestling ring and behind the scenes.
An openly gay wrestler who came out in the early 1970s, Patterson is the inaugural winner of the prestigious WWF (now WWE) Intercontinental championship.
His 1981 wrestling match with Sgt. Slaughter in Madison Square Garden was voted as Match of the Year by Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
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