Mae Young | |
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![]() Mae Young in 2001 | |
Born | Sand Springs, Oklahoma, U.S.[1] | March 12, 1923
Died | January 14, 2014 Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. | (aged 90)
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Mae Young[1] Miss Mae Young The Queen The Great Mae Young |
Debut | August 20, 1939[1] |
Johnnie Mae Young[1] (March 12, 1923 – January 14, 2014) was a American female professional wrestler. She was best known for wrestling for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/E). She helped increase the popularity of women wrestling during World War II and has trained many wrestlers.
She was the only professional wrestler to compete in documented matches in nine different decades, having her first match in 1939 and her last match in 2010.[1]
She was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2008. She was best friends with fellow wrestler The Fabulous Moolah whom she appeared with on WWF/E television with as a comedic duo.
On December 30th, 2013, she was hospitalized with an undisclosed illness and was placed on life support. On January 9th, 2014, she was taken off life support and was placed under hospice care at home.[2] On January 14, it was announced that Young had died.[3]