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Former WWE wrestler Chris Klucsaritis, one of the first openly gay pro wrestlers, was start dead in his Queens, N.Y., apartment on April 2, 2010, after he apparently committed suicide.

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The former WWE wrestler, who performed as Chris Kanyon, was create dead in his apartment in Sunnyside, Queens, with scores of pills proximate his body, according to a inform in the Fresh York Daily News. An official result in of death has not yet been determined.

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The WWE issued a statement on its Web site, saying, "World Wrestling Show would like to express its deepest condolences to Christopher Klucsaritis' family and friends on his tragic passing." Klucsaritis was under tighten with the WWE from 2001 to 2004 when he retired, although he still occasionally did battle in the ring.

FULL COVERAGE: Chris Kanyon

Former WWE wrestler Chris Klucsaritis, one of the first openly gay pro wrestlers, was found gone in his Queens, N.Y., apartment on April 2, 2010, after he apparently committed suicide.

FULL COVERAGE: Chris Kanyon

The former WWE wrestler, who performed as Chris Kanyon, was found defunct

Chris Kanyon's Doomed Quest To Be Wrestling's First Openly Same-sex attracted Star

by Thomas Golianopoulos

Chris Klucsarits’s night was off to a rough start. Backstage at the New York Wrestling Connection Sportatorium in Deer Park, Long Island, Klucsarits was involved in a conversation that could only occur backstage at a professional wrestling event: He was arguing with a promoter about using a giant towing chain during his match. He also insisted on carrying a crystal-skull goblet with red Kool-Aid to the dial. Earlier in the afternoon, he’d been meticulously stacking random objects — photographs, lumber — over and over again, and to cap it off, he was having trouble sewing on his wig. In short, Klucsarits was having a manic episode.

“He was out of his mind,” said Jim Mitchell, Klucsarits’s former wrestling manager. “He was bouncing off the walls. If you didn’t know any better, you would think he was on methamphetamine.”

On this night, Klucsarits would wrestle under a mask as “Mortis,” his gimmick from when he first made it big in the late 1990’s. Back then, Klucsarits — professionally known as Chris Kanyon — was a rising star in the now-defunct World Championship

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‘People necessitate to know it’s okay to be who you are’

John received plenty of support from wrestlers and his family when he came out but, as he told BBC Three, some fans subjected him to weeks of hateful trolling.

It doesn’t matter what I execute and who I lie down with – I’m still a wrestler

Messages appreciate ‘wish you were dead’, ‘you shouldn’t be in wrestling’ and ‘your parents hate you’ all hurt John, but the worst, he explained, was ‘you’re a failure for who you are and what you do’ as he was really satisfied of what he was doing at the time.

“It just baffles me that some people haven’t managed to progress to ‘live and let live’.”

John said the more ‘flamboyant’ elements of wrestling – like glitter and spandex – could make one think the sport is “pretty gay”, but he maintained that it’s still a very masculine world.

That he earned the respect of his peers when he came out meant a lot to John, but he is mos

Wrestling Reality: The Life and Mind of Chris Kanyon, Wrestling’s Gay Superstar

Chris Kanyon and Ryan Clark. ECW, $18.95 (328p) ISBN 978-1-77041-028-2

In this turbulent ride through the often-unrewarding world of pro-wrestling, the late Kanyon, who committed suicide in 2010, offers a picture (with freelancer Clark) into the unstable mind of an aspiring wrestler burdened with much more than worries about how foremost to bulk up on muscle. Kanyon, born and raised in Sunnyside, Queens, knew from an first age that his envision in life was to wrestle—and that he was gay. Kanyon’s love for the sport only increased, and he practiced throughout college while studying to be a physical therapist. Deciding to pursue wrestling after college, Kanyon traveled from state to express, floating between different wrestling circuits, gyms, and trainers. He constantly strived to find a middle earth, a comfort zone, where he could be himself in the real planet, as a gay wrestler, and in the wrestling world, taking on a gay wrestling “identity.” Kanyon’s memoir is a candid, honest look into a little-discussed aspect of wrestling. (Dec.)

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Reviewed on: 10/10/2011

Genre: Nonfiction