Steve 'Dr. Death' Williams Passes Away

[whiplash1972]

 

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By Ryan Clark | December 30, 2009

 

I can now confirm that Steve "Dr. Death" Williams lost his battle with cancer last night, as he passed away at the age of 49. I know the cancer came back this year and his health had worsened in the last few months. No other details on the death are available at this time.

 

Williams was considered one of the top wrestlers in the world during the late 80s and early 90s. He formed two of the world's best tag teams with the late Terry Gordy and with Ted DiBiase Sr., as well as a notable team with current WWE Vice President of Talent Relations John Laurinaitis. He was in particular a major star in the 90s for All Japan Pro Wrestling. He was recruited into pro wrestling by Bill Watts and was the 1982 Rookie of the Year. Watts discovered him at the University of Oklahoma, where he was a star lineman on the football team and a four-time All-American heavyweight wrestler. Many of his peers in wrestling over the years had believed if he had not played college football and concentrated on wrestling, that he would have been a strong candidate for an Olympic gold medal in 1984 or 1988.

 

On behalf of everyone here on the website, I want to sent our condolences along to the family, friends and fans of Steve Williams.

 

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I wasn't aware that he was sick. Man... I used to enjoy watching him and Gordy just beat the living hell outta the "jobbers" back in the day. Another one gone way too soon... R.I.P. Dr. Death

[zrock63]

RIP, he was one of my favorite wrestlers after seeing him in Mid South and UWF, I saw a recent picture of him a few weeks back and couldn't believe it was him....Cancer sucks....

[hsf]

Dr. Death was a favorite, particularly in his run as part of the Varsity Club. And with his legendary tag team with Terry Gordy, he leaves quite the legacy, particularly as a tag team competitor.

 

(I really would have liked to see him in a longer ECW run than he had. I think he would have excelled in that type of environment and helped to give them a little more legitimacy, though I doubt in the end, it would have made much of a difference. Still would have been interesting though. Or if he'd been in there with Funk and Cactus, et al.)

 

RIP Steve

[& then]

Bummer! I remember watchin' him on both mid-south & tcw along with the Von Erich's. This really sucks! Wrestling sure seems to be losin' quite a lot of people nowadays!

 

Steve!

[cdjunky41]

Bummer! I remember watchin' him on both mid-south & tcw along with the Von Erich's. This really sucks! Wrestling sure seems to be losin' quite a lot of people nowadays!

 

Steve!

 

So true!!

 

Mr. Williams is just another statistic..

 

R.I.P. Steve...