Luna Vachon found dead @ 48

jaykhunter

Source : here

Luna Vachon has died. She was 47. According to family, she was at her mother's house and was found dead this morning.

The news comes just a short while after a house fire consumed her home and destroyed her wrestling memorabilia. She was staying at her mother's house after the fire.

Gertrude Vachon -- "Trudy" to friends -- was one of the most colourful and eccentric woman wrestlers of all time.

She was always billed as the son of Paul "The Butcher" Vachon; though biologically she is not his daughter, he always considered her as his daughter, even after splitting with her mother, Van, which was Butcher's second marriage.

Trudy arrived in his life when she was only four years old. "I taught my daughter Luna how to wrestle and also sent her to Moolah’s wrestling school. She patterned her wrestling style and personality after Mad Dog and I. Luna became one of the most famous and recognized lady wrestlers in wrestling history," wrote her father in his second autobiography.

"As a student, she was very much interested, and very much involved in really, really wanting to do the thing. She had good hopes," said Lillian Ellison, the Fabulous Moolah, years back. It was Moolah that named her "Angel" for wrestling.

In a 2000 interview, Butcher Vachon expanded on his adopted daughter's exposure to the wrestling business.

"She was 13, 14 years old and she used to come to the wrestling matches. I was working for the World Wrestling Federation when Vince Sr. was running it. We were living in Connecticut," he recalled. "We'd go early and get there late afternoon, the building would be open and the ring was up and no people in the place. We'd get up in the ring and I'd show her a few moves. Then some of the guys would start coming in and they'd help me start putting her through some paces.

"She could have done anything. She was a beautiful girl and very intelligent, smart, good looking, of course, like her dad. All she ever wanted to do [was wrestle]. Her idol was my sister, Vivien, who was a wrestler. She had been watching her ever since she was four or five years old. That's all she ever did. I told her she was a lunatic because all she wanted to do was wrestle."

"I thought it was the worst business a woman could be in. It's not even a business for men.

Luna always had a wild streak, he said. "This is a kid that at 15 years old, she took off on her own and hitchhiked to California from Florida."

Almost immediately, Luna got a chance to work in Japan, with her father as her manager, who pulling a few strings. "When you come right down to it, if you don't cut the mustard, it don't matter what kind of strings you pull," he said. "It helped her, just like when I started Mad Dog had already been in the business for seven or eight years.

sorry guys, the article had it wrong, she was 48 (Born Jan 1962)

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D2D

48?!?!

Add another name to the ever-growing list. R.I.P

glenjamin

I remember watching her as a kid. She used to scare the **** out me. Saw her in Dublin before too. Always liked her ring work.

RIP

Mr.Nice Guy

Sad to hear of another wrestler dying too soon. RIP.

Tribesmen7

Very sad news. Was she still with Gangrel? I thought they were married.

RIP

Dean820

Its true what they say, wrestlers die in three's.

thebostoncrab

Jesus....I'm in shock over this. Growing up I loved watching Luna wrestle. When I think of the 90s she is one of the first things to pop straight into my head. One of the best wrestlers of her time. RIP

Butch Cassidy

Luna was a bit of a blast from the past wasn't she? She ain't been in WWF in a good few years. Doubtful if today's WWE audience - "universe" :rolleyes: - would know who she is. One of the toughest women wrestlers WWF ever had I think.

I remember hearing a story of her possibly handling Sable a bit erm... roughly

Gerard.C

Steve walks warily down the street with the brim pulled way down low
Ain't no sound but the sound of his feet, machine gun's ready to go
Are you ready? Hey, are you ready for this?
Are you hanging on the edge of your seat?
Out of the doorway the bullets rip to the sound of the beat, Yeah

It's a bit ridiculous at this stage. The wrestling world is a very different world than the one we know.

sky88

another wrestler gone its hard being a wrestling fan sometimes

Vince135792003

It seems like everyday the past 3 weeks someone from wrestling past is dieing.

I vaguely recall a piece in the Observer a few weeks ago where Luna had all her memerobila burnt in a fire and Mick Foley was trying to help her.


My thoughts are with her family.

chordtype

R.I.P.

Sad to see so many people that I watched growing up dying so young.

McConnon

This is very sad news indeed.

I remember her managing Bam Bam in the early 90's, and I *think* she had a brief run in with Sherri around that time didn't she?

And of course who could forget her managing the Artist Formally Known as Goldust, and her feud with Sable.
Does anybody else on here remember her hardcore womens match for the women's title against Tori? That was one hell of a match, think it even made it on to the WWF Hardcore VHS tape around that time.

Anyways rest in peace Luna Vachon.

Podge2k7

RIP, 47 is far too young.:(

El_Drago

Another wrestler from this crazy industry gone too soon.RIP Luna:(

Handsome Bob

Jesus, the diva I remember most before they became known as divas. RIP Luna.

Charisteas

Really sad news. R.I.P

flahavaj

Ah lord she was good fun back in the day. So sick of seeing these threads at this stage.:(

RIP.

michael.etc...

I had one issue of WWF magazine in particular, that scared the bejeesus out me because of the article on Luna. Every photo was terrifying.

Good memories of her being a real Nineties alternative.

RIP Luna.

Butch Cassidy

McConnon wrote: »

This is very sad news indeed.

I remember her managing Bam Bam in the early 90's, and I *think* she had a brief run in with Sherri around that time didn't she?

And of course who could forget her managing the Artist Formally Known as Goldust, and her feud with Sable.
Does anybody else on here remember her hardcore womens match for the women's title against Tori? That was one hell of a match, think it even made it on to the WWF Hardcore VHS tape around that time.

Anyways rest in peace Luna Vachon.

Yep correct on all counts I think.

Sherri was with (heel) Shawn Michaels but then he used her as a shield while Marty Jannetty was trying to hit HBK with a mirror. So cue Sherri turning heel and then Michaels brought Luna in for his heel manager. I think there's a story here about Sherri and Luna supposed to have a match or something but it didn't happen, maybe someone had a broken arm or something? Can't remember too much actualy...


Luna then sided with Bam Bam and they had a mixed tag match at 'Mania X - Doink and Dink vs Bam Bam and Luna. It was every bit as awful as it sounds which was a shame because Bam Bam and Luna were good workers and the original (Bourne) evil Doink was great.

I can't remember when the association with Bam Bam ended but she appeared again with Goldust during his "Artist Formerly Known As Goldust" phase.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaSLUhYZZz0

After all of the Goldust stuff culminated in a feud with Sable she was put with the Oddities which was pretty bad. I think she had a few more matches with Sable over the strap when WWF put together a bit of a women's division.


I think it's better to share stories or memories rather than just "rip" posts. Her promos were intense

steelcityblues

The stuff with her and Goldust was Attitude Era madness at its best!

May she enter the wrestling ring in the sky. Thanks Luna!

RosyLily

My god! Can't believe Luna is dead. Getting really tired of seeing these "RIP ......." threads.

I remember her in the 90's with Bam Bam. She used to scare the bejaysus outta me!! The voice especially...it was so distinctive and raspy.
Great wrestler!

RIP Luna. Gone too soon.

davrho

Great performer. She was always vicious and somewhat scary. Those of the right age will remember her skulking outside the ring like a demented bulldog. Her attacks on the other female wrestlers at the time makes the current male wrestling scene look tame. Sable and Blaze come to mind. Could put on a good in ring performance too.

Thankfully I have plenty of tagged classics to seee her old routine.

Not heard of her for years but another part of what makes me still a tv wrestling fan nearing 40 has gone.

Good night Luna Vachon. Must have been heartbreaking to have seen these models,tits and fanny talent with nothing else, doing your job.

Daith

While I've long given up on wrestling I am really saddened by her death. An actual wrestler who never got the credit she desered.

Cant believe both herself and Sherri are dead.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVcrYlZYwY8

JP Liz V1

RIP

briany

Luna was great back in the day and could be genuinely frightening with that gravelly voice of hers and violent unbalanced persona. Very sad.



What is it about wrestling today that wrestlers and former wrestlers are dying??? I don't understand it. Wrestler's back in the late eighties were oftentimes working flat out and doing whatever drugs kept them going. Look at the Iron Sheik and Jake Roberts for example. And they're both still alive.

seandotcomm

wow, this is a shock.. havent been on here over the weekend and I spent today watching some old raws from '99- '00. I was commenting on her and how characters like her are really missed these days. Sad news..

RIP Luna

old_aussie

Thanks for all the wrestling memories Luna.

RIP