{"id":58272,"date":"2023-08-25T04:47:46","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T08:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=58272"},"modified":"2023-08-25T04:47:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T08:47:46","slug":"professional-wrestling-legend-terry-funk-dies-at-79","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/25\/professional-wrestling-legend-terry-funk-dies-at-79\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Wrestling Legend Terry Funk Dies at 79"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58274\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Terry-Funk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Terry-Funk.jpg 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Terry-Funk-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Terry-Funk-400x250.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/>Over the course of his career, Funk has wrestled for numerous major promotions, among them All Japan Pro Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling, the International Wrestling Association of Japan, Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, the United States Wrestling Association, World Championship Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation and multiple National Wrestling Alliance territories including Big Time Wrestling, Championship Wrestling from Florida, Georgia Championship Wrestling and Stampede Wrestling. He was the promoter of the Amarillo-based Western States Sports promotion.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58273\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Terry-Funk-belt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Terry-Funk-belt.jpg 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Terry-Funk-belt-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Terry-Funk-belt-120x86.jpg 120w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Terry-Funk-belt-350x250.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/>Championships held by Funk include the ECW World Heavyweight Championship, NWA World Heavyweight Championship, USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship, WWF World Tag Team Championship, and ECW World Television Championship. He headlined ECW&#8217;s premier annual pay-per-view event, November to Remember, three times. Funk has been inducted into multiple halls of fame, among them WWE, WCW, NWA, and Hardcore.<\/p><div id=\"morty-3083913877\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>In June 2021, fellow wrestling legend Don Muraco reported Funk was diagnosed as living with dementia and was living in an assisted living facility. On December 29, 2021, Ric Flair announced on his podcast with Mark Madden that Funk had returned home and was doing well.<\/p>\n<p>Terry Funk died on August 23, 2023, at the age of 79.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Terry_Funk#Professional_wrestling_career\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ MORE<\/a>&#8211;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Terry Funk is gone. I just talked to Terry\u2019s daughter, Brandee, who gave me the awful news. He was my mentor, my idol, one of the closest friends. 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