Owen Hart

Owen Hart
Hart in 1998
Birth name	Owen James Hart
Born	(1965-05-07)May 7, 1965 Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Died	May 23, 1999(1999-05-23) (aged 34) Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Cause of death	Internal bleeding caused by blunt force trauma sustained from a high fall
Spouse(s)	Martha Hart ​ (m. 1989)​
Children	2
Family	Hart
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	The Blue Angel[1] The Blue Blazer[2] Owen Hart[3] Owen James[2]
Billed height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)[4]
Billed weight	227 lb (103 kg)[4]
Billed from	Calgary, Alberta, Canada (as Owen Hart) "Parts Unknown" (as the Blue Angel and the Blue Blazer)
Trained by	Stu Hart[2][5]
Debut	1983[6][7]

Owen James Hart (May 7, 1965 – May 23, 1999) was a Canadian-American professional wrestler who worked for several promotions including Stampede Wrestling, New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). He received most of his success in the WWF, where he wrestled under both his own name and the ring name The Blue Blazer.

A member of the Hart wrestling family, he was born in Calgary, Alberta, the youngest of twelve children of Stampede Wrestling promoters Stu and Helen Hart. Among other accolades, Owen was a one-time USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion, a two-time WWF Intercontinental Champion, a one-time WWF European Champion, and a four-time WWF World Tag Team Champion, as well as the 1994 WWF King of the Ring. He headlined multiple pay-per-view events for the WWF, and was widely regarded as one of the company's best in-ring performers.^[8]

Hart died on May 23, 1999, during his entrance from the rafters of Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. The equipment that was lowering him to the ring malfunctioned and he fell to his death in front of a live audience and live on Pay Per View during WWF's Over the Edge event.