4. Buddy Landel & Cora Combs Pass Away
On June 22, 2015, Pro Wrestling Hall of Famer Cora Combs passed away. She was 92 years old.
She had been suffering from pneumonia in the last week of her life, was the last surviving member of the Billy Wolfe troupe in the heyday of women’s professional wrestling. She passed away in a hospital in Nashville. Cora Combs was the mother of Debbie Combs, who is a former WWF & WCW wrestler.
Her daughter Debbie is a former 2 time NWA World Women’s Champion & a 2 time USWA Women’s Champion. Cora Combs was inducted into the Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2007.
On the same day, former NWA & WWF wrestler Buddy Landel passed away. He was 52 years old. He was involved in car accident and later died after reaching home.
