Owen Hart

Owen James Hart was a Canadian professional and amateur wrestler who worked for several promotions including Stampede Wrestling New Japan Pro Wrestling World Championship Wrestling and most notably WWE A member of the Hart wrestling family Hart was born in Calgary Alberta Canada the youngest of 12 children to Stampede Wrestling promoter and WWE Hall of Famer Stu Hart and Helen Hart Among other accolades Hart was a onetime USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion twotime WWF Intercontinental Champion onetime IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion onetime WWF European Champion and fourtime WWF World Tag Team Champion He was also the winner of the 1994 WWE King of The Ring Although he never captured the WWF Championship he competed for the title on multiple occasions and has been cited by a number of peers as one of the WWFs most talented professional wrestlers Hart tragically died on May 23 1999 when an equipment malfunction occurred during his entrance from the rafters of Kemper Arena in Kansas City Missouri US at WWEs Over The Edge payperview event