Jack Black shared a tribute honoring the WCW star who co-starred in Nacho Libre with the actor.
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Claudia Harmata
May 12, 2019 01:15 PM
Professional wrestler and actor Silver King died after collapsing from a heart attack during his performance in London on Saturday,
The former WCW star, 51, whose real name is César Barrón, was performing at the Roundhouse Theatre in Camden for the Greatest Show of Lucha Libre event alongside Juventud Guerrera, also known as Youth Warrior. Guerrera reportedly kicked Barrón who fell to the ground, and then proceeded to “pin” him down.
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Guerrera signaled in confusion at the referee when Barrón did not recover from the move, according to
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The event organizers, Lucha Libre World, later confirmed his death in a statement that read: “César Cuauhtémoc González Barrón (AKA Silver King) suffered what we believe was a cardiac arrest while performing in the show and sadly passed away. We have truly lost one of Lucha Libre’s greatest wrestlers and our thoughts and deepest condolences are with César’s family and his fans across the world. We will be able to make further announcements when more information becomes available.”
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Some audience members initially thought the incident was staged, one witness telling the
“It felt like it was staged. Obviously it was quite normal in the fight,” Roberto Carrera Maldonado, who was attending the event told
According to
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Actor Jack Black shared a tribute on his Instagram, honoring the famous luchador. In 2005, Black co-starred alongside Barrón in the film
“César González…vaya con dios, hermano [go with god, brother],” Black captioned a photo taken of Barrón during the filmmaking.
Barrón grew up in a wrestling family in northern Mexico, his father was popular lucha libre fighter Dr. Wagner. He found success throughout his career as Silver King, competing in the World Championship Wrestling between 1997 and 2000, and was a pioneer for the competition’s cruiserweight division.
“I am saddened to hear about the passing of Silver King,” former president of the WCW Eric Bishoff tweeted. “Like so many of the great Luchadores that helped Americans appreciate Lucha Libre and make Nitro [a WCW flagship show] the success it was, he will be missed.”
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