Wednesday, January 21, 2015

The Mystery Of Bob Sallee

Bob Sallee was a popular referee and sometimes wrestler in the Phoenix area, who has been mentioned already fr4om time to time  here. With the anniversary of his passing coming soon, once again, his death remains a mystery. Why did he do it? No one knew then and no one knows now.

Over thirty years have passed since the night in Phoenix where Sallee was attending a party and seemed fairly happy, though not drunk. For whatever reason, he excused himself and went back to his own apartment rather than the apartment in his complex where he had been whooping it up.

All of a sudden, a shot rang out and people found him dead with a gun inn his hand. There was no indication of foul play whatsoever and no indication he had been depressed, let alone suicidal. Yet for whatever reason, he chose to end it all with a bullet to the head.  

Surprisingly few wrestlers attended his funeral. He was buried in his referee shirt.

Sallee got his start in wrestling in the late 1970s as a student of David Rose.

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