Luna Vachon passed away
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Luna Vachon was an American-Canadian wrestler, she in many ways was the woman who paved the way for the female wrestlers we see today. During the 90’s women were used in wrestling to just serve as an eye candy. However, Vachon was different in many ways. Unfortunately, she died at the age of 48 in 2010 and the question arises that how did Luna Vachon die?
Vachon shockingly passed away at age of just 48 at her home. Her mother found Vachon dead at her house where she lived. She was found on the morning of August 27, 2010. Her death was a result of an overdose of oxycodone and benzodiazepine aka pain killers and anxiety medications. The investigators also found residue of crushed pills and snorting straws at her house in multiple locations.
Vachon had earlier been a part of rehabilitation after her struggles with misuse of medications. Vachon was addicted to medications and looked at them as easier resort to dealing with pain, both emotional and physical. Her death was ruled as accidental by the District Six Medical Examiner’s Office. Later, her ashes were scattered at the ranch of her godfather Andre the Giant in North Carolina.
Vachon was born in 1962 and starting training for wrestling at the age of just 16 in 1978. For the next 15 years she wrestled for different promotions before finally getting her big break. In 1993, she joined WWF aka WWE and in her first stint in WWF she only stayed there for a year.
She left the WWF to enter the independent circuit again in 1994 for the next three years. She came back to WWF in 1997 and really started to build a name for herself. Though, on screen she was doing great, backstage the story was quite different. She was involved in regular fights and outbursts which led to her release in 2000. Her combined five years in the company never saw her win a title which was truly unfair.
Vachon had to return to the independent circuit yet again in 2000 and wrestled until finally calling it quits in 2007. Vachon was truly a trendsetter and showed what was yet to come in the world of women’s wrestling.
She struggled with mental health and her three divorces played a major role in it. WWE even paid for her rehab for a while. Nine years after her death she was finally inducted in the 2019 WWE Hall of Fame. It is sad to know that while she was alive she was one of the most underappreciated wrestlers. Her contribution to the women’s wrestling is not talked about enough to this date.
Recently Vice TV’s Dark Side of the Ring have aired an episode based on the late female wrestler which talks about her life and tragic death.
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