Ivan Koloff, the Canadian-born professional wrestler known as the Russian Bear, died Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, according to People.com. Koloff, who had liver cancer, was 74.
Born Oreal Perras, he invented the Russian Bear, Ivan Koloff, a bearded villainous wrestler in 1967. Under the guidance of “Captain” Lou Albano, he joined the World Wide Wrestling Federation, later known as the WWE, in 1969.
In 1971, he defeated WWWF heavyweight champion Bruno Sammartino for the belt in Madison Square Garden and held it for 21 days before losing to another fan favorite, Pedro Morales. He would continue wrestling for the WWWF sporadically throughout the 1970s and early '80s.
Koloff retired from wrestling in 1989.
He was born Aug. 25, 1942, in Montreal, Quebec, and began his professional wrestling career at the age of 18. His first villainous character was Red McNulty, an Irishman with an eye patch.
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