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  • Bob Orton Sr. dead at 76 (MidEast Break for Grand Sports Entertainer)

    07/18/2006 8:40:27 PM PDT · by NewRomeTacitus · 24 replies · 1,130+ views
    SLAM Sports ^ | July 17, 2006 | Steven Johnson
    Today's fans know him best as the patriarch of a three-generation wrestling family. But during his prime, Bob Orton lined up against everyone from Lou Thesz and Bruno Sammartino to Ed Asner, and there's no doubt that he prided himself in giving them all they could handle. Orton died Sunday night in his adopted hometown of Las Vegas, a week before his 77th birthday. He had suffered a heart attack on Friday at home, and another at the hospital. "He had an eight hour surgery that gave him a 20 percent chance to survive; he did, but about 10 hours...