andre the giant how did he die
Yes , he is. He died of a heart attack in January 27,1993 in France trying to attend to his dads funeral. Andre will live forever in the wwe and our hearts. R.I.P Andre. Big John Studd. John William Minton (February 19, 1948 – March 20, 1995) was an American professional wrestler and actor, better known by his ring name, Big John Studd. Studd is best known for his appearances with the World Wide Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Federation in the 1970s and 1980s. Studd's last match during his original 1980s WWF run came on the November 15, 1986, episode of WWF Superstars of Wrestling, where he teamed with Bundy to defeat The Machines (a match that did not involve the Giant Machine). Andre the Giant suffered from a disorder known as gigantism. He was an oversized person, who stood tall at 7 feet and 5 inches. There was irregular hormone production in his body that caused the gigantism. By the time he was 12 years old, Andre had already grown 6 feet tall.Andre was always considered abnormal even by his parents. His body has been failing for several years and doctors always believed that he would not live very long. Andre knew this, and he made every effort to live his life happily and completely. FLASHBACK: How Andre the Giant Died & Why Many Other Giants Fall for the Same Reason. Andre the Giant (Andre Rene Roussimoff) was born in the countryside of Grenoble, France to parents of average size. It was quickly discovered that Andre most closely shared the genetics of his Bulgarian grandfather who stood over 7 feet tall. When Andre was 14, he towered over his peers at 6’2 and weighed 200 lbs. In 1993, his father died and Andre flew home where he stayed at the Hotel De La Tremoille. One night he went to sleep and was never seen alive again — the cause of his death was heart failure. He was just 46. He died from liver cancer and Hodgkin's disease on March 20, 1995. He was survived by his son John Minton, Jr., who accepted his plaque upon his posthumous inductions to both the WCW Hall of Fame in 1995 and the WWE Hall of Fame in 2004. Minton, Jr. also participated in the fourth season of WWE Tough Enough. Died: Jan 27, 1993. He was 46 years old and died from a heart attack while in France to attend his father's funeral in 1993. http://www.answers.com/topic/andr-the-giant. He died in 1993 aged 46 of congestive heart failure linked to his pituitary gigantism. Andre died in his sleep due to heart failure. It was concluded as a congestive heart failure by the doctors in Paris. Congestive heart failure is caused as a result of a pituitary tumor secreting excessive hormones. Also, André chose not to be treated his entire life. He was 46 years old when he died. At the height of his career, Andre was making about $400,000 and only lost two matches in 15 years. Hollywood was his next stop when he was cast as “Bigfoot” in “The Six Million Dollar Man.”. As his prominence continued to grow, so did his love for beer.
He died in his sleep due to congestive heart failure.