"Killer" Karl Kox dead at age 80

Legendary pro wrestler Herb Gerwig, who wrestled as "Killer" Karl Kox, died at age 80 on Thursday. He suffered a heart attack last month and had been in poor health ever since. WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross labeled him an "awesome wrestler" and wrote that his matches with Dick Murdoch "were text book classics."

Powell's POV: Kox was a headliner in the '60s and '70s. You can read some recent quotes from Kox in an interview that he granted to Slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2011/10/26/18951981.html?cid=rsssportswrestling.