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THE DEATH HAS occurred of professional wrestling star Chyna at the age of 45.
The wrestler, real name Joan Laurer, was one of the most popular female superstars in the sport in the late 1990s.
Laurer was found dead in an apartment in Redondo Beach, California, by a friend. She had died sometime before being found according to a police statement.
The friend told police that Laurer had not responded to her phone in a few days and she had become concerned for her welfare.
“Officers arrived on scene and discovered a deceased female inside the location,” Redondo Beach police said in a statement.
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The deceased female has been identified as Joan Laurer. Joan Laurer was also known as ‘Chyna’ and was a professional wrestler and entertainer.
The exact nature and cause of the death, as well as the general time of death is under investigation by the Los Angeles County Coroner’s department.
A statement on Laurer’s own Twitter account confirmed her death.
“It is with deep sadness to (sic) inform you today that we lost a true icon, a real life superhero. Joanie Laurer aka Chyna, the ninth wonder of the world has passed away,” it said.
She will live forever in the memories of her millions of fans and all of us that loved her.
Laurer first joined the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment), then the WWF, in 1997.
She is the only female wrestler to win the Intercontinental Title, which she did twice.
She left the company in 2001.
“WWE is saddened to learn of reports that Joanie Laurer, best known for competing in WWE as Chyna, has passed away,” WWE said in a statement.
A physically striking and talented performer, Chyna was a true sports-entertainment pioneer.
Not only was the Superstar dubbed “The Ninth Wonder of the World” a founding member of the groundbreaking faction D-Generation X, but she also holds the distinction of being the first woman to enter the Royal Rumble Match and the first and only woman to win the Intercontinental Championship.
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Lovely photo of Donald and Melania holding hands, she’s arguably the most glamourous First Lady ever to grace the White House.
@Saul Cusack: or the most made up. Looks like paddy the plasterer did a job on her
@Saul Cusack: And also the most unhappy looking one….
@Kerry Blake:
I think that mantle still belongs to Jackie worn down from her philandering husband.
Sort of ironic banning Russia from the meeting and having the fight against Jihad and IS as top of agenda…..Russia is fighting against Sunni Jihad and IS in Syria for several years….
@Saul Cusack: Yeah, a real classy lady and a respectable career behind her.
@Saul Cusack: Tom/Tommy/Cal/Daniel/Jack Cassady/Saul! Jaysus, have you had to set up yet another fake FB profile again?
@Saul Cusack: She’s a tramp.
@DaisyChainsaw: Don’t forget “Alex”.
@Stephen murphy: Jackie had class and was a very intelligent woman a great editor . Melania always look like she don’t want to be there and all she has to do is outlive Trump .
@Saul Cusack: Yeah! She doesn’t live in the White House, by the way. She swatted away his hand on at least two occasions during this trip but now, she is obviously reluctantly holding his sweaty little paw for the cameras. Just look at the expression on her face ?
@Saul Cusack: don’t agree, Michelle Obama beats her any day. She wasn’t kept woman like Melinda is
The irony of G7 members trying to encourage social media companies to ‘crack down’ on radical Islamist content while selling arms and supporting the biggest single promoter of radical Islam….Saudi Arabia.
@Leo Massey: Appropos nothing, but how are Italy a G7 country, parts of that country veer between the second and third worlds
Where’s a firing squad when you need one…
@Matty Kineven:
I hear there’s a slot open on LBC radio currently.
@Matty Kineven: a leave the Canadian one off he is intelligent and we wish the day we had someone like that here if only
@WilhelminaMCallaghan: You must be joking….
That’s a lovely Mediterranean Sea view in the second photo! How much does “The Journal” spend on stock photos? Why does every paragraph (sentence even) have to be illustrated with a graphic image? A photo of a human brain might assist us in reading the minds of the “journalists” on “The Journal”?
Whatever you think of Trump aside he has a point on here. German manufacture exporters have benefited massively from the Euro. The basket currency is very undervalued. If the Deutsche Mark was back tomorrow it would be at least twice as valuable as the Euro. German exports would become a lot more expensive and would greatly fall.
Why do you think the Germans are happy to plough billions into keeping the Euro going.
@John Fergus: That is true but if has also benefitted French, Spanish and Italian car manufacturers so it isn’t all about Germany is it. The fact is that Britain has priced themselves out of the market and has lost its competitive manufacturing edge dueto the greed of financial market traders.
drop the whole “climate change” shenanigans and instead fight pollution.. he cant debate out of that one
@iMoan Brutal: Good sentiment but I am afraid academic politics have already rigged the issue by literally destroying how planetary climate is defined or determined. The only avenue out of the mess is to expand climate to cover all planets in the solar system, discover the common traits which define climate instead of trying to squeeze climate into conditions of a common greenhouse and imagine humans have control of planetary temperatures via petrol pumps.
oh Jesus, you’ve set him off again!!!
Should have sent Bertie in his canary pants
What does the G7 ever achieve?
Except lovely dinners and a few days in a good hotel???
Waste of time.
That photo better not be too symbolic. Two EU flags cracking open the world order at the flanks.
Thor was the supreme commander of the asguard fleet.
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