Former WWE and WCW Wrestler Chris Kanyon Dead of an Apparent Suicide

Chris Kanyon (Christopher Klucsaritis) was found dead of an apparent suicide on Friday night. Although details are still sketchy, it is believed that he was in New York at the time of his death. A longtime friend reports that a pill bottle and several notes were found close to the body.

Kanyon also worked as the Mortis character in WCW and also had a run with WWE starting with the Invasion angle. He made headlines after his WWE run concluded by going public with his homosexuality. Although he retired from wresting at one point, he had returned to the ring again recently and worked a couple of matches this year.

Kanyon, along with "Above Average" Michael Sanders and Scott "Raven" Levy unsuccessfully sued the WWE claimed the organization cheated them out of health care and other benefits.

partial source: prowrestling.net