The 61-year-old wrestler tweeted the news to his 32,000 followers on Monday, revealing that doctors diagnosed him with congestive heart failure. READ: MMA Fighter Kimbo Slice Dies at 42 "Told by two ...

Pro wrestler Big Van Vader, also known as Vader, will appear April 27 at Pro Wrestling World at the Merchants Square Mall in Allentown, a news release says. Vader will meet and greet with fans from ...

It's time, it's time, it's indeed Vader time! The ultra-intense, super-heavyweight wrestler Big Van Vader (real name Leon White) is being honored by WWE with a posthumous induction into the company's ...

One of the best and most influential "big men" in the history of pro wrestling will finally be added to the list of WWE immortals. The company announced this morning that Vader will be the next star ...

Professional wrestling may not be at its peak today like it was in the 1990s and early 2000s, when mainstream popularity and ...

Leon White, one of professional wrestling's most iconic big men, died Monday evening at 63 after a long battle with various health issues. White played Big Van Vader (or Vader) during a career that ...

Before Leon White was Vader, he was a wrestler named Baby Bull. After a rough childhood growing up in Los Angeles, including burglars breaking into his house when he was home alone with his sister, ...

Former WWE superstar Big Van Vader has died after battling congestive heart failure, according to a Twitter post from his son. TMZ reported that the athlete's son confirmed the news on social media, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Oh, it’s time. It’s time. It’s hall of fame time for Big Van Vader. Billed at 6-foot-5 and 450 pounds, the late masked pro-wrestling monster — known outside ...

Wrestler Ric Flair is mourning the death of one-time opponent Big Van Vader at the age of 63. Big Van Vader, whose real name was Leon White, died after battling "a severe case of Pneumonia, " his son, ...