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OBITUARY: World Class manager Gary Hart dies at age 66
Mar 17, 2008 - 8:09:34 AM


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By Pat McNeill, Torch Columnist

Legendary wrestling manager and booker "Playboy" Gary Hart died yesterday afternoon at his home in Euless, Texas, according to Canoe.ca's Slam Sports website. Hart was 66.

Hart was best known as a heel manager in Texas and Jim Crockett Promotions, and helped run the office and book the World Class Championship Wrestling territory during the company's heyday in the early 1980's.

Hart attended a World Class reunion convention on Saturday in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He had been promoting independent shows sporadically in Texas.

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