Dewey Robertson Death February 28, 1939 - August 16, 2007

On August 16, 2007 Dewey “Missing Link”
Robertson died at Hamilton’s Henderson Hospital
at 3:30 a.m from Cancer. All of his close family
were present at the time. His final days saw his
visitors read out many get well email messages
from fans who still remembered The Missing Link.
He broke the mold regarding recent wrestling
deaths because although 68 is not a great age,
it was cancer that killed him not the wrestling
culture.
In Canada he was one of the Top
guys, a clean cut babyface with handsome good
looks and a Canadian Heavyweight title holder.
In the US he was a mid carder considered bland
and nothing special. That was until…the Missing
Link was found.
Link wrestled for several
promotions getting most fame from WCCW and the
WWF. It was during his wild run in the WWF that
he got on to the cover of Sports Illustrated a
huge feat at the time.
Like a lot of
wrestlers his personal demons caught up with him
as he drank away one of his Kidney’s in 1993. In
his book it is claimed the kidney failed because
of his prolonged use of marijuana.
After
dropping out of wrestling, Robertson lectured to
Ontario schools and businesses on drug and
alcohol dependency in hope of balancing out his
life.
He is survived by his wife and son
Jason Sterling, who wrestles in southern Ontario
Canada.
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