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Ivan Koloff
Canadian professional wrestler / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oreal Donald Perras (August 25, 1942 – February 18, 2017) was a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by the ring name "the Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff. He was the third wrestler to hold the WWWF Championship.[1][8][2]
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Ivan Koloff | |
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![]() Koloff, c. 1982 | |
Birth name | Oreal Donald Perras[1] |
Born | (1942-08-25)August 25, 1942[2][1] Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Died | February 18, 2017(2017-02-18) (aged 74) Winterville, North Carolina, U.S.[1] |
Cause of death | Liver cancer |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Ivan Koloff[2][1] Jim Parris[3] Orwell Paris Red McNulty[2] |
Billed height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)[4][5] |
Billed weight | 298 lb (135 kg)[6] |
Billed from | Moscow, Russia[6] |
Trained by | Jack Wentworth Dan Koloff |
Debut | February 15, 1963 [7] |
Retired | November 16, 2013[3] |
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