The death was announced on the website of World Wrestling Entertainment, where Mr. Snuka was a star in the 1970s and ’80s. His lawyer, Robert Kirwan, said Mr. Snuka died at his son-in-law’s home near Pompano Beach. The actor and former wrestler Dwayne Johnson, a relative of Mr. Snuka’s, shared the news earlier on Twitter. He told the court in December that Mr. Snuka was living in hospice care in Florida with an estimated six months to live. The judge, Kelly Banach, deemed Mr. Snuka mentally unfit to stand trial on Jan. 3 and threw out the case.

Source: New York Times January 16, 2017 01:37 UTC