Owen Hart

Owen Hart, born Owen James Hart on May 7, 1965, in Calgary, Alberta, and died on May 23, 1999, was a Canadian-American professional wrestler who worked for Stampede Wrestling, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation. The youngest of twelve children of the Stampede Wrestling promoters Stu and Helen Hart, he enjoyed most of his success in the WWF under his own name and as The Blue Blazer. He was a one-time USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion, a two-time WWF Intercontinental Champion, a one-time European Champion and a four-time World Tag Team Champion, and he won the 1994 King of the Ring. He headlined three WWF pay-per-view events. He died at the Over the Edge pay-per-view on May 23, 1999, when the equipment lowering him from the rafters of Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri, malfunctioned and he fell to the ring.