Posted on 03/07/2013 7:42:53 AM PST by TurboZamboni
William Moody, better known to pro wrestling fans as Paul Bearer, the pasty-faced, urn-carrying manager for performers The Undertaker and Kane, has died, the WWE said. He was 58.
A spokesman for the wrestling company said Moody's family notified the WWE of his death on Tuesday. No cause was released.
After stints in various independent wrestling promotions, Moody joined the WWE in 1990 and quickly became associated with The Undertaker, a character who claimed he was undead and boasted of mystical powers.
The WWE said in a statement that Moody, "went on to become a memorable part of WWE over the course of the next 20 years."
In the WWE plotline, Paul Bearer later managed Undertaker's on-screen half-brother Kane. He also managed the bad-guy character Mick "Mankind" Foley.
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Didn't know that before.
A corpse who is his own undertaker has a fool for a client.
I first became aware of him when he was “Percy Pringle” (a spoiled Momma’s boy persona) in World Class Championship Wrestling prior to coming to the WWF/WWE. He was scheduled to receive the “Lou Thesz Award” from the Cauliflower Alley Club later this spring. Rest in Peace.
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