Wrestler and promoter Emile Duprée has died at the age of 86.
Pwinsider is reporting that Ron Hutchinson confirmed the news on Facebook in a tribute to Duprée, describing him as an “often overlooked Canadian pro-wrestling icon.”
Duprée, real name Emile Goguen, began his career in the 1950s, and his son Renee would debut on WWE programming in 2003 and would become a World Tag Team Champion.
In the 1970s, Duprée founded ‘Grand Prix Wrestling’ in Canada which would remain a territory until the mid-1980s when Vince McMahon’s expansion of the WWF took place.
Our thoughts are with Duprée’s family and those who knew him at this sad time.