Matt Osborne AKA Doink The Clown – Died At The Age Of 55

Matt Osborne began his wrestling career under his real name with Pacific Northwest Wrestling where he won a Heavyweight championship and also Tag-Team Championship four times. After working for multiple wrestling promotions, Matt signed up with WWF and WCCW for two years. In 1991, he started wrestling for World Championship Wrestling under the ring name Big Josh where he won United States Tag Team Championship with the acclaimed wrestler Ron Simmons. He returned to WWF/E as Doink The Clown which became the best stint of his career and earned him the most fame. In 2013, Osborne was found dead in the apartment he lived and the reason for his death was concluded to be the overdose of morphine.