Chris Benoit and family found dead in home.

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Chris Benoit, family found dead
Written: June 25, 2007World Wrestling Entertainment is deeply saddened to report that today Chris Benoit and his family were found dead in their home. There are no further details at this time, other than the Benoit family residence is currently being investigated by local authorities.

Tonight’s Raw on USA Network will serve as a tribute to Chris Benoit and his family. WWE extends its sincerest thoughts and prayers to the Benoit family’s relatives and loved ones in this time of tragedy.
I can't believe this. Benoit was one of my all time favorite wrestlers. I'm seriously in shock reading this.
 

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I can't believe this. Benoit was one of my all time favorite wrestlers. I'm seriously in shock reading this.
damn....thats hella fucked up. benoit was the shit, he put on clinics every time he stepped into the ring. I wonder what happened
 

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I can't find any actual news reports tho. some other wrestling site said they had 2 kids, but aren't sure if they were found dead too


also, what was the "special 3 hour raw" supposed to be about anyways? since its now supposed to be a chris benoit tribute.
 
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I'm assuming it is. I hope it isn't though.



Defy said:
I can't find any actual news reports tho. some other wrestling site said they had 2 kids, but aren't sure if they were found dead too


also, what was the "special 3 hour raw" supposed to be about anyways? since its now supposed to be a chris benoit tribute.
I was trying to find some as well. Someone from another forum I post at got something from Paul London's brother's myspace.

Chris Benoit.. brace yourselves for some horrible news.
Hi wrestling fans.

You know that tonight is the fake memorial service for Vince McMahon on RAW, right?

Well, there's some bad news regarding Chris Benoit and his family. I don't think that a myspace bulletin is the best way to break some horrible news to you but I just got off the phone with my brother who is pretty shaken up by the whole thing. They weren't the closest but they were coworkers and Paul looked up to Chris.

The news is just starting to break in Atlanta but you all know that Chris wasn't on the Vengeance Pay Per View last night.

He, his wife and his son were found dead in their home in Atlanta this morning with the doors locked from the inside. I don't know any details but this is a pretty tragic story.

I'm sorry to break the news to you. I only met Chris a handful of times and his family at Wrestlemania in L.A. a few years ago. He was a pleasant guy and his family was really nice. He has two other children who live in Canada and this is a pretty dark time for them as well.

I don't know what to tell you. I think it's crazy that in the middle of a lame death storyline on RAW something this horrible has to happen and the memorial service for tonight has to become real.

Will Vince stay "dead"? I think that would be in pretty poor taste myself. Then again, I'm only a second degree wrestling fan. You guys are the ones who live and breathe it.

-Jonathan
Originally, the three hour tribute was going to be for Vince and his on air storyline death. As much as I was looking forward to seeing how it played out, it would be in horrible taste to continue with it.
 
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I was about to post this. WWE needs to just drop the Vince death storyline bc Beniot & Sherri passed away doing this. Looks like they both were murdered or unless Beniot was in a suicidal mindstate last night or something of taht nature bc he did leave the show for a family emergency..

Breaking news: Chris Benoit found dead
Posted by Bobby Spade on 06/25/2007 at 06:12 PM

Credit: PWInsider.com

We are still awaiting further details, but we are extremely saddened to report that former WWE and WCW World champion Chris Benoit and his wife, former WCW and ECW personality Nancy "Woman" Benoit were both found dead today in Atlanta, Georgia. Obviously this will be a huge developing story in the days to come but at this point, we'd like to express our deepest condolences to the Benoits' family, friends, and fans at this time.

A meeting is currently ongoing at WWE TV and it is expected that tonight's three hour Raw will now be dedicated to Benoit's memory.

6:09 Update: WWE.com issued the following statement this afternoon: "WWE is sad to report that Chris Benoit and his family have been found dead in their home. Police are currently investigating the circumstances surrounding the deaths. Tonight's Raw will be a tribute to Chris and his family."
 
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this has to be true if uve watched wrasslin for a bit, cause he was best friends with eddie guerraro RIP, and he would never to a death story line whatso ever.
 
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Heres something I found online. It was on the news too about him dying.

PW Headlines stated that Benoit called in to WWE Sunday and said he would be unable to make it back as his family was ill and they were spitting up blood. [83]
 

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A professional wrestler and his family were found dead inside their house in Fayette County Monday afternoon.

Authorities confirmed that Chris Benoit, his wife, Nancy and their 7-year-old son were found dead at the home on Quarters and Redwine roads in Fayetteville about 4 p.m.


Officials would not say how the family died, other than to say they weren't shot to death.

Benoit, 30, was a Canadian wrestler who most recently fought as part of the World Wrestling Entertainment.

The organization said on its Web site said that Monday night's broadcast of "Raw" on the USA Network will "serve as a tribute to Chris Benoit and his family."