Wrestling hall of famer Mae Young died at 90, at her house in South Carolina Tuesday.
Mae was reported dead at Post & Courier last week but the report was removed. The said report was incorrect and the taken back by the paper.
"Mae Young has not passed away. The source who reported her passing received incorrect information. Mae is gravely ill, but still alive."
However, after a week, last Tuesday, the report materializes and confirmed that the pro wrestler died in her house.
Young was hospitalized last month and since then, the hall of famer wrestler had to live everyday with a life support. This is the result of her health failure. For several weeks, the wrestler had been gravely ill.
Young was born 1923, and is considered one of the influential pioneers in woman wrestling. She had been in the field of wrestling for nine decade, a member of professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and WWE Hall of Fame.
She started wrestling in high school and entered professional wrestling in 1939. And in 1999, she joined WWF. In 2000, at the age of 77, she won Miss Royal Rumble. 2010 marks her last appearance on the ring.
Although old, Young still manage to be notorious when she and her friend, The Fabulous Moolah, appeared in WWE. Humorous as it looked, both woman in their 70's became a regular in WWE and became a favorite.
The WWE delivered an official statement about her death:
"WWE is greatly saddened by the news that WWE Hall of Famer Mae Young, beloved member of the WWE family and oldest living squared circle personality, has passed at the age of 90. Johnnie Mae Young was truly one of the greatest female competitors to ever lace up a pair of boots. A proud competitor for three quarters of a century and valued part of WWE to her last day, Young truly blazed a path for future female grapplers beginning in the 1940s.From the moment she first stepped through the ropes, Young established herself as one of the most active and successful female Superstars - including becoming the first U.S. Women's Champion, carrying out one of the most storied rivalries of the time with the legendary Mildred Burke in 1954 and being among the first female competitors to tour post-war Japan."
Mae is the oldest living professional wrestler in the world and a lot of WWE fans are saddened by her death.
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