Chris Kanyon

Chris Kanyon Former WWE and WCW Wrestling Star Commits Suicide Chris Kanyon is dead at age 40 after he is believed to have committed suicide in his apartment in Sunnyside Queens New York. Reports are stating that he died due to an overdose, and that a pill bottle and several notes were found beside his body, but details of his death have not been fully made available at this time and the particulars are sketchy.

Chris Kanyon was known in the wrestling world as Kanyon or Mortis and he retired from professional wrestling in 2004.

His biggest moments in the business were when he came out as the character Mortis, managed by Jim Mitchell in WCW in the late 90s when WCW tried to capitalize on the Mortal Kombat craze.

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In 2006, Chris Kanyon stated that he was let go from professional wrestling by Vince McMahon because he was a homosexual. After Kanyon stated that it was just a publicity stunt and that he was in fact heterosexual. However, he later admitted that he was homosexual. He was also part of a lawsuit along with Scott Levy and Michael Sanders to sue the WWE for cheating them out of benefits but their case was dismissed.

Chris Kanyon also admitted that he suffered from bipolar disorder and according to the Wrestling Observer, he has talked about suicide in the past and threatened it with people close to him. Just earlier this week he was discussing depression and taking his life.

Our condolences go out to Chris Kanyon's family. We will update this post if there is any further information.

Chris Kanyon, one of the stars of the dying days of WCW, has died of an apparent suicide.? From the Observer:

Chris Klucsaritis, who wrestled as Chris Kanyon, passed away last night from an overdose of pills at his apartment in the Sunnyside section of Queens, NY, last night.? He was 40.

Klucsaritis' death is believed to be a suicide.? He had been open about suffering from a bipolar disorder and had talked and threatened suicide many times in the past according to those who are close with him.

Certainly this death comes as something of a surprise, even by pro wrestling terms.? Out of respect, we are refraining from making the headline "Who deader than Kanyon?"

Chris Klucsaritis, who competed as Chris Kanyon, was found dead Friday night at his apartment in the Sunnyside section of Queens, New York. He was 40 years old.

Klucsaritis' death is believed to be suicide as a longtime friend reports that a pill bottle and several notes were found close to his body.

He had been vocal about suffering from a bipolar disorder and had threatened suicide many times in the past according to those close with him. He told one friend as recently as Monday that he was going through another bout of depression and contemplating suicide.

Kanyon also worked as a masked character named Mortis in World Championship Wrestling and had a run with World Wrestling Entertainment beginning in 2001 which resulted in reigns with the WCW United States Championship and WWF Tag Team Championship. He garnered headlines following his 2004 departure from WWE by going public with his homosexuality and claiming WWE fired him for being gay. Although he retired from wresting at one point, he returned to the ring and worked matches on occasion.

He, along with Scott Levy and Michael Sanders, attempted to sue WWE for "cheating them out of health care and other benefits" but a federal judge in Stamford, Connecticut dismissed the case.

It is the unfortunalte responsibility of Wrestling-Radio.com to report that former WWE and WCW star Chris Kanyon has passed away. Reports are that Kanyon committed suicide sometime last night. A longtime friend of his is saying that a pill bottle and "several notes" were found close to Kanyon's body, but details are very sketchy at this time.

During Kanyon's career, he worked as Mortis in WCW before reverting to his real name. He also worked in WWE as part of the "WCW/ECW Alliance" storyline. His run in WWE concluded after Kanyon revealed his homosexuality, and as a result, he appeared on the Howard Stern radio show several times. Kanyon also retired from the ring at one point, but had recently returned this year to work a couple of matches.

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