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'She was the beating heart of our family: Father of X Factor star Tom Mann's fiancée Danielle pays tribute to his 'little princess' after she died suddenly Jim Ross, the longtime wrestling announcer called Patterson a 'true legend' and a 'wonderful mentor who taught me so much.' A true member of my family, mentor and dear friend. Her brother Shane added: 'I can not express how crushed I feel right now with the loss of Pat Patterson.
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Thank you for teaching me how to not take it all so seriously.' Stephanie McMahon, the daughter of WWE CEO Vince, wrote: 'I'm deeply grateful to have grown up with WWE Hall of Famer, the first-ever Intercontinental Champion, the father of the #RoyalRumble and the first openly gay wrestler of his generation. it's never goodbye, it's see ya down the road. 'His body as an in-ring performer, his mind as a storyteller, and his spirit as a beloved member of our large WWE family. 'No words can describe what he gave to us,' read a tweet from wrestling legend Triple H. Many of Patterson's colleagues reacted to the news on social media. 'Vince flew me to RAW a few weeks later and I had my first match EVER in Corpus Christie, Texas. It was after Patterson's return in the mid 1990s that he discovered a former college football player wrestling under the name, 'The Rock.'
Both men would go on to resign from the WWF, although the allegations were never proven and Patterson returned to the circuit, which defended him against the claims. In 1992, both Patterson and another former wrestler, Terry Garvin, were accused of sexual harassment. 'Louie has been gone or more than fifteen years now and I am still close with his brothers and his sister, as well as our nieces and nephews,' Patterson wrote in 2016. The two had met while working for Tony Santos's Big Time Wrestling promotion in Boston in the early 1960s, according to Patterson's book, 'Accepted: How the First Gay Superstar Changed WWE.' Patterson later revealed that his partner of 40 years, Louie Dondero, died of a heart attack in 1998. 'Sitting here tonight, I'm going to say something I would never want to say,' Patterson said, as quoted by UPI.com. His autobiography was titled 'Accepted: How the First Gay Superstar Changed the WWE'Īlthough there were rumors about Patterson's sexuality for years, he never openly discussed the subject until 2014, when he tearfully acknowledged that he was gay during a reality television show, WWE Legends' House. Published: 16:22 BST, 2 December 2020 | Updated: 23:04 BST, 2 December 2020Īlthough he never came out publicly until 2014, Pat Patterson considered himself the sport's first gay superstar.
Announcer Jim Ross called Patterson a 'great mentor' and a 'true legend'.In 2016 he said he stayed close with Dondero's siblings Patterson later revealed that his partner of 40 years, Louie Dondero, died of a heart attack in 1998.Patterson was openly gay in private, but did not come out publicly until 2014.The circuit formerly known as the WWF crowned Patterson as its first Intercontinental Champion in 1979.Born Pierre Clermont in Montreal in 1941, Patterson went on to many accomplishments as a wrestler, announcer, and later as a WWE executive.He reportedly passed in Miami after battling cancer