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Vincent James McMahon Dies

by Mark Long January 31, 2020
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Vince McMahon Sr. - Toots Mondt - historyofwrestling.comVincent James McMahon, founder of the World Wide Wrestling Federation and one of the most powerful and successful promoters in the entirety of professional wrestling history, dies at the age of 69 from throat cancer.

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