Former WCW and WWE superstar Leon White, a.k.a. Big Van Vader a.k.a. Vader, passed away Monday night from pneumonia. He was 63. One of White's children tweeted from his account to deliver the news ...

Leon White, the longtime pro wrestling star known as Big Van Vader, has died, the WWE confirmed Wednesday. He was 63.White's son made the announcement on the wrestling star's Twitter account, saying ...

Vader also had a memorable three-episode arc on the ’90s sitcom “Boy Meets World,” when White played Frankie Stecchino Sr., the father of a school bully played by Ethan Suplee. Tributes from current ...

Leon White, the former professional wrestler known as Big Van Vader, has died at age 63, according to Fox News and WWE.com. White began wrestling professionally in the American Wrestling Association ...

The 61-year-old wrestler tweeted the news to his 32,000 followers on Monday, revealing that doctors diagnosed him with congestive heart failure. READ: MMA Fighter Kimbo Slice Dies at 42 "Told by two ...

Wrestler Ric Flair is mourning the death of one-time opponent Big Van Vader at the age of 63. Big Van Vader, whose real name was Leon White, died after battling "a severe case of Pneumonia, " his son, ...

The professional wrestling community mourns the loss of one of its greatest super heavyweights today with the passing of Big Van Vader. But before Vader starred in every territory from WWF to WCW to ...

Before Leon White was Vader, he was a wrestler named Baby Bull. After a rough childhood growing up in Los Angeles, including burglars breaking into his house when he was home alone with his sister, ...

This week on “Rewind-Mania,” my cohost and I reviewed Sting and Big Van Vader’s titanic clash at “Starrcade ‘92” on Dec. 28, 1992. This is the second encounter in Sting and Vader’s legendary trilogy ...

It's time, it's time, it's indeed Vader time! The ultra-intense, super-heavyweight wrestler Big Van Vader (real name Leon White) is being honored by WWE with a posthumous induction into the company's ...

WWE and WCW legend Vader — also known to audiences as Big Van Vader — died Monday after a battle with pneumonia. The professional wrestler, whose real name was Leon White, was 63. White’s son posted ...