Very sad to hear this whole thing. I grew up in Wisconsin close enough to the Twin Cities to be very familiar with Verne Gagne when I was growing up. I watched plenty of matches with Verne, The Crusher, Mad Dog Vachon, and the rest of the AWA crew and they gave me plenty of entertainment when I was a boy young enough to enjoy wrestling shows. I think Gagne served in WWII with distinction also. He also did his best to promote High School Wrestling. Very sad news.