Former WCW World Champion Vader announced on Twitter that doctors have told him that he has approximately two years left to live due to congestive heart failure. He wrote the following, blaming his condition on his career in wrestling and in football:
Told by 2.heart Drs at this time that my heart is wore out from footbal&wrestling I have 2 yrs to live , conjestive hesrt failure reality
— Big Van Vader (@itsvadertime) November 15, 2016