The Internet is buzzing this afternoon with reaction to the announcement of  the death of  Professional Wrestler Chris Kanyon, formerly a  WWE and WCW wrestling star. Last night, Friday, April 3rd,  he was found dead in his apartment in Sunnyside Queens, New York. He was 40 years old. Reports are stating that the cause of death was a deliberate overdose of pills, and that a pill bottle and several notes were found beside his body, but details of his death have not been officially made available, at this time, the particulars are sketchy.

Chris Kanyon was better  known in the wrestling world as Kanyon or Mortis, and he retired from professional wrestling in 2004. Chris Kanyon suffered from bipolar disorder. And, in the past, according to the several wrestling sites, Chris Kanyon, talked with people close to him about and threatened to committ suicide, and just earlier this week, he was discussing depression and taking his own life.

Wrestling critics are remembering Chris Kanyon as an underrated  wrestler, whose talents weren't fully developed at the WCW, and at The WWE, after the WWE brought the WCW in 2001. In early 2004, his contract was not renewed.

Chris Kanyon 1970-2010 R.I.P

News Source: The Baltimore Sun, Wrestling Inc

YouTube Tribute Complied  8/30/09. A bunch of clips. A funny vid all of Chris Kanyon.