Today Feb 9th 1984 David Von Erich was found dead in his hotel room while on tour in Japan.
Many theories have been put forward for his sudden death.The family saying his autopsy listed a heart attack brought on by acute enteritis.
However, Ric Flair said in his autobiography that David died from a drug overdose and that King Kong Brody removed the evidence before the authorities arrived. We will probably never know exactly what caused it, if they release the death certificate someday it may shed some light on the issue.
David was on his way the NWA World Heavyweight Title before his death. His brother Kerry got his turn as champion basically to pacify Fritz who had lobbied hard for David to win. It had taken a 2 or 3 years for the promoters to agree to let David wear the belt because they had heard of the Von Erich boys and their problems with drugs and alcohol and were leery of them.
Here is the opening to the David Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions card at Cowboys Stadium the summer after his death, Kerry would beat Ric Flair for the NWA title as the main event of the card.
Here is David not too long before his tragic death wrestling in Texas with his brother Kevin and Iceman King Parsons against the Fabulous Freebirds.
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