[1999-05-23] Owen Hart announcement

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

News coverage of Owen Hart's death. Vince does a press conference expressing sadness and said there is an ongoing investigation. They talk to fans who were in Kemper Arena.

[soup23]

Clips from a newscast in Las Vegas announcing the death of Owen. Still can remember all of the ancillary things that happened the next morning in school when I discovered what had happened.

[flyonthewall2983]

I remember it was the lead story on the radio the following morning. I didn't even watch the show (electing instead to watch the riveting Jesse Ventura made-for-TV biopic instead), so hearing it there was a shock.

[Zenjo]

I'm glad you chose not to include footage from the Over the Edge PPV. It was disgusting that they didn't stop the show.

[PeteF3]

A surreal night for me. I met some friends at a bookstore for a semi-formal debate on various school issues, then came home to enter the WWF AOL chat to get caught up on the PPV. Owen had already fallen and his death would be announced in probably another half hour. I still wasn't 100% convinced it wasn't a work until my 11 o'clock news had their own coverage. Meanwhile my brother, who hates wrestling but shares my love of cinematic cheese, was providing some needed levity with details on the Jesse Ventura TV movie.