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My older
brother Michael aka MAD DOG in the wrestling world, passed away yesterday from
unknown causes. He was residing at a sober living place in Orange County and
was celebrating 60 days of being clean and sober from any drugs or alcohol.
His roommates found him dead in his room at about 2:30pm yesterday and he was
pronounced dead on the spot by medical experts. The cause of death is unknown
and does not appear to be self inflicted.
My brother was my true hero growing up and I always wanted to be big and
strong like him. He was the inspiration for me to make my movie Bigger
Stronger Faster* because I saw how the American Dream negatively affected his
sense of self worth. I will always remember my brother as the nicest guy in
the world that sometimes got caught up in the wrong things. I am so sad right
now over his passing. He was on his way to getting his life back on track and
he was taken away from us at such a young age. My family thanks everyone who
has sent emails and called. It really means a lot.
I Love you Michael.
Your little brother,
Christopher
I knew Mike during his time working for Extreme Championship Wrestling and he was always a really funny, good guy. There are a ton of wrestlers who worked the Northeast wrestling scene that are really heartbroken by Bell's passing as they knew how hard he had been working to clean himself up and he was really well liked by the boys. Again, we issue our deepest condolences to Bell's family and friends during this terrible time.
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