Posted on 09/30/2013 1:21:36 PM PDT by EveningStar
Gene Petit, who was best known nationally in the WWF as Cousin Luke of Hillbilly Jim's clan of wrestling relatives from Mud Lick, Kentucky, passed away this morning...
Petit worked regularly until 2000, when back issues forced him out of the ring. He was later diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, which he had been battling for years, leading him to drop way down from his recognizable weight. He had also battled diabetes and in recent years, was in a long-term health care facility...
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None of the bios give his age but if his career was at its zenith in the mid-80s I would say he was in his mid-late 50s?
Too dang young!
Prayers for the family.
Why is it that professional wrestlers seem to not live long lives.
It seems that way because of what is reported in the news, but many pro wrestlers live long lives.
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