21 Celebs Who Died In Car Crashes

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5. Sylvester “Junkyard Dog” Ritter

If we’d just written Sylvester Ritter, you’d probably have no idea who we were talking about. Well, that was Junkyard Dog’s real name, very few people actually remember that. To all of us, he was simply Junkyard Dog.

Junkyard Dog was one of the most popular wrestlers back in the 80s and the 90s and he was considered to be the first real big African-American wrestling star. We just loved him. We even loved him when he passed his prime.

In 1998, Junkyard Dog was involved in a car accident in Mississippi, returning home from his daughter’s graduation in North Carolina. According to the investigation, he fell asleep at the wheel, losing control over the vehicle and consequently losing his life.

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