Pro Wrestler Mike "The Alaskan" York -- Rest in Peace

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Subject: Pro Wrestler Mike "The Alaskan" York

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Dead at 62

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Date Posted: October 07, 2002 8:24:08 EDT

MIKE YORK (aka MIKE RIKER), 62, who gained notoriety while working as "The Alaskan" in various tag-team combinations of the 1960s and �70s, died September 29, 2002 in San Rafael CA. He had been a longtime sufferer from diabetes. According to Dr. Mike Lano, "friends Woody and Rex Farmer (who wrestles as Hawkeye Shane Cody) had recently seen him." Continued Lano, "(Mike�s) longtime Alaskan partner, Jay York (formerly married to lady wrestler Killer Tomato, and also later to a fan in a well-publicized wrestling ring wedding ceremony) passed away several years ago. They had a great gimmick, worked throughout the territories, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Japan as a team for many years, and also separately as singles." Mike also teamed with Frank Monte (aka Bruce Kirk) as The Alaskans, and had good runs in Florida and Tennessee. From (http://www.caulifloweralleyclub.org/finishes1.htm)

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