The Mt. Holly Mayor’s Office blog points us to this terrific short documentary about the early days of Minneapolis wrestling.
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New Wrasslin’ Movie
Apr 21 2009 — 12:07am
Perfect Duluth Day points us to Jobbers, a film about the Minnesota wrestling scene. Look great!
I'd take any wrestler over pawlenty as governor right about now.
Legendary Wrestler Verne Gagne and a Tragic Tale
Feb 19 2009 — 12:06am
Also via MinnPost, a very sad story about the waning days of one of Minnesota’s great wrestling heroes, Verne Gagne, former president andlongtime champion of the American Wrestling Association, who has been suffering Alzheimer’s related dementia and resided in a Bloomington facility with Helmut R. Gutmann, a cancer researcher who came to the US after fleeing Hitler, and who also suffered Alzheimers. As MinnPost tells it, “In a tragic moment on Jan. 26, Gagne apparently threw Gutmann to the floor. Gutmann was taken to the hospital and died 20 days later.”
The story is sympathetic to Gagne and his family, detailing the wrestling legend’s dementia as the result of his illness. For those of us whp grew up fans of local wrestling, it’s a tragic, sobering story that highlights the need for continued study into Alzheimers.
Coroner rules Gutmann's death a homicide. "Complications from a broken hip."
Latest comment — chuck: That's a great doc... came out of TPT, back when TPT had an arts and cultural documentary unit.