Mean Gene Okerlund Dies, Age 76
WWE's Mean Gene Okerlund has died. Daily Star:
WWE legend 'Mean' Gene Okerlund has died aged 76 sparking a flooding of tributes as he was remembered as the voice that defined an era of wrestling.
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MSN:
Okerlund got his start with the American Wrestling Association, where interviewed the likes of Jesse “The Body” Ventura — who gave him his “Mean Gene” moniker — Bobby “The Brain” Heenan and [Hulk] Hogan. Okerlund became a staple on national cable TV after he made the move to the WWE, where he had notable interviews with “Macho Man” Randy Savage and The Ultimate Warrior, among many others.
The Denver Post:
He was “a voice and sound track to an entire era of our industry,” WWE’s Triple H tweeted Wednesday morning.
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Okerlund’s career spanned decades, taking him from the American Wrestling Association to the then-World Wrestling Federation to World Championship Wrestling.
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