Dec 30
Steve Williams, right, sends The Turk into a turnbuckle during this 1982 pro wrestling match. - BY PAUL HELLSTERN, THE OKLAHOMAN (Photo taken May 30, 1982. Published May 31, 1982, in The Oklahoma City Times, and Oct. 24, 1982, in The Daily Oklahoman)
From NewsOK.com:
Steve “Dr. Death” Williams, a flamboyant University of Oklahoma football player and wrestler who became a professional wrestling star, has died.
Williams, 49, passed away Tuesday after a battle with cancer.
He was an All-Big Eight offensive guard for OU coach Barry Switzer and a All-American heavyweight wrestler for Sooner coach Stan Abel. He took the Dr. Death persona and carved a 20-year career as a professional wrestler, first in the U.S. and then overseas.
But Williams spent recent years fighting for his life. In 2004, the once wild-talking WIlliams was rendered unable to speak after throat cancer surgery resulted in the removal of his larynx.
