Owen Hart

Owen James Hart (May 7, 1965 – May 23, 1999) was a Canadian-American professional wrestler who worked for several promotions including Stampede Wrestling, New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). He received most of his success in the WWF, where he wrestled under both his own name and the ring names The Blue Angel and The Blue Blazer. A member of the Hart wrestling family, he was born in Calgary, Alberta, the youngest of twelve children of Stampede Wrestling promoters Stu Hart and Helen Hart. Among other accolades, Hart was a one-time USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion, a two-time WWF Intercontinental Champion, a one-time WWF European Champion, and a four-time WWF World Tag Team Champion, as well as the 1994 King of the Ring. He headlined three pay-per-view events for the WWF. Hart died on May 23, 1999, during WWF's Over the Edge pay-per-view. During his entrance from the rafters of Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri, United States, the equipment that was lowering him to the ring malfunctioned and he fell to his death in front of a live audience.