WWE Hall of Famer 'Superstar' Billy Graham dead at 79
foxnews.comWWE Hall of Famer "Superstar" Billy Graham has died at the age of 79. Fellow wrestling legend Ric Flair broke the news on Twitter on Wednesday. "The Superstar Billy Graham Just Left Us.THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR INFLUENCE On My Career!" he wrote.
Graham was placed on life support earlier this week - he would have turned 80 on June 7. Graham, whose real name is Eldridge Wayne Coleman, was both a bodybuilder and a Canadian Football player before getting into professional wrestling in the late 1960s.
He made his then-World Wrestling Federation debut in 1975 and was a three-time world champion in various wrestling promotions.
Graham's last fight took place in 1987, and he followed that up by working as a commentator for the next year. The wrestler was in a feud with Vince McMahon after he hung up the boots, and has been outspoken about steroid use, but he returned to the WWE in 2004 where he was named to the company's Hall of Fame ahead of WrestleMania XX.
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