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

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The former WWE wrestler, who performed as Chris Kanyon, was found dead in his apartment in Sunnyside, Queens, with scores of pills near his body, according to a report in the New York Daily News. An official cause of death has not yet been determined.

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The WWE issued a statement on its Web site, saying, "World Wrestling Entertainment would like to articulate its deepest condolences to Christopher Klucsaritis' family and friends on his tragic passing." Klucsaritis was under contract with the WWE from to 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 dead in his Queens, N.Y., apartment on April 2, , after he apparently committed suicide.

FULL COVERAGE: Chris Kanyon
The former WWE wrestler,

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‘People need 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 do and who I lie down with – I’m still a wrestler

Messages like ‘wish you were dead’, ‘you shouldn’t be in wrestling’ and ‘your parents dislike 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 proud of what he was doing at the time.

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

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

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

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In this turbulent ride through the often-unrewarding world of pro-wrestling, the late Kanyon, who committed suicide in , offers a picture (with freelancer Clark) into the unstable mind of an aspiring wrestler burdened with much more than worries about how leading to bulk up on muscle. Kanyon, born and raised in Sunnyside, Queens, knew from an premature age that his verb 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 verb, floating between different wrestling circuits, gyms, and trainers. He constantly strived to find a middle ground, a comfort zone, where he could be himself in the real world, 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.

Chris Kanyon's Doomed Quest To Be Wrestling's First Openly Gay Star

by Thomas Golianopoulos

Chris Klucsarits’s noun 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 happen 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 sound. 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 recognize 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 huge in the late ’s. Back then, Klucsarits — profession