Posted on 08/16/2007 1:31:34 PM PDT by EveningStar
Cancer has claimed the life of Byron John Robertson -- "Dewey" -- to everyone who knew him. He was 68...
In the 1980s, Robertson underwent a career resurgence of sorts as the mysterious Missing Link, fooling friends who had known him for years over the startling transformation from a clean-cut babyface wrestler to a Neanderthal-like monster with a tuft of hair and a face painted green...
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Didn’t realize he was that old. At least he didn’t die in his 30s or 40s like many wrestlers from the 80s and 90s have. RIP Dewey.
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Whew. For a minute there I had him confused with The Great Kabuki. But The Great Kabuki will never die so I should have known better.
He spent a lot of years feeding his demons. Luckily, God gave him a second chance.
I hate hearing this. At least he’s not suffering anymore. This type of cancer is especially brutal.
What "type" of cancer was it?
From what I heard it was pancreatic.
Thank you.
Kabuki is alive, retired, and hopefully well.
Once I saw the Missing Link in a match where he headbutted his opponent in the knee and hurt the guys knee so bad the guy was rolling around in pain. It was classic and I LMAO. He was great to watch.
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