Former pro wrestler 'Superfly' dies at 73
PHILADELPHIA — Former pro wrestler Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka, who earlier this month was found not competent to stand trial in the 1983 death of his girlfriend, has died at his son-in-law’s home in Florida. He was 73.
Attorney Robert Kirwan II said Snuka was taken Sunday to the home near Pompano Beach so that he could spend his last moments there. The family informed him shortly after 1 p.m. Sunday to say he had died, Kirwan said.
Lehigh County Judge Kelly Banach on Jan. 3 dismissed the murder case against the retired WWE star after the defense said he had dementia, was in hospice care in Florida, and had six months to live.
Snuka, a native of Fiji who previously lived in New Jersey, was known on the wrestling circuit for diving from the ropes and even the top of steel cages in a decades-long career.
