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Related: About this forumRIP "Mean" Gene Okerlund
I realize it's a bit of a stretch to include pro wrasslin in the sports forum, but we don't have a "sports entertainment forum."
Anyway, Mean Gene was an icon with WWF/WWE/WCW for several decades.
He was 76.
https://www.newsweek.com/mean-gene-okerlund-dead-wwe-hall-famer-passes-away-76-1277134
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RIP "Mean" Gene Okerlund (Original Post)
True Dough
Jan 2019
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Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)1. He's mean, and he's Jean. He's Mean Jean
geomon666
(7,512 posts)2. RIP
Renew Deal
(81,869 posts)3. Mean Gene is an icon of that era
Sad to hear he's gone.
True Dough
(17,314 posts)4. Condolences from Good Ol' JR
True Dough
(17,314 posts)5. The Iron Sheik...
True Dough
(17,314 posts)6. The Hulkster...
Iggo
(47,563 posts)7. LOL...Mean Gene.
He was the nicest guy on that show!
RIP Mean Gene.
Eugene
(61,938 posts)8. 'Mean' Gene Okerlund Injured In Bad Fall Last Month, Led to Death
Source: TMZ
'Mean' Gene Okerlund Injured In Bad Fall Last Month, Led to Death
1/3/2019 9:43 AM PST
"Mean" Gene Okerlund was seriously injured during a nasty fall back in December ... triggering a rapid decline in his health that ultimately led to his death, his son tells TMZ Sports.
We spoke with Todd Okerlund who says Okerlund suffered multiple broken ribs during the fall at his Florida home and was treated at a hospital in Sarasota.
Todd says Okerlund had been in frail health for a while but the fall clearly made things much worse.
Just 4 days before his death, Gene was admitted to a nursing home .... but he began to have trouble breathing and was rushed to a hospital on Wednesday where he ultimately passed away with his wife, Jeanne, by his side.
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1/3/2019 9:43 AM PST
"Mean" Gene Okerlund was seriously injured during a nasty fall back in December ... triggering a rapid decline in his health that ultimately led to his death, his son tells TMZ Sports.
We spoke with Todd Okerlund who says Okerlund suffered multiple broken ribs during the fall at his Florida home and was treated at a hospital in Sarasota.
Todd says Okerlund had been in frail health for a while but the fall clearly made things much worse.
Just 4 days before his death, Gene was admitted to a nursing home .... but he began to have trouble breathing and was rushed to a hospital on Wednesday where he ultimately passed away with his wife, Jeanne, by his side.
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Read more: https://www.tmz.com/2019/01/03/mean-gene-okerlund-bad-fall-injuries-death/?vtest=100