Ivan Koloff –
Wrestler, author, foreign heel.
August 25, 1942 – February 18, 2017.
Aged 74 years.
Most recognized for: Known as “The Russian Bear,” he played the Soviet bad-guy in the earlier days of the WWF, NWA, and ECW. Unfortunately for the Bear, Nikolai Volkoff gained greater notoriety by playing a nearly identical character… maybe because he actually was Soviet instead of Canadian.
