Ivan Koloff, knowing among wrestling fans as "The Russian Bear," has died. He was 74 Dave Quinn is the Deputy News Director at PEOPLE. He has been working at the brand since 2016, and is the author of ...

As Cold War tensions ran high in the 1980s, Ivan Koloff was an evil Soviet character hated by wrestling fans throughout the U.S. He had bloody brawls against The Road Warriors, Dusty Rhodes, The Rock ...

Ivan Koloff, the former WWE wrestler known as “The Russian Bear,” died on Saturday after battling liver cancer. He was 74. “WWE is saddened to learn that Ivan Koloff, best known to the WWE Universe as ...

This has been a rough week for the professional wrestling industry, as it’s already mourning the loss of George The Animal Steele and Nicole Bass earlier in the week. Another name was added to that ...

The bearded grappler became a notorious villain, and fan favorite, in the wrestling world during the 1970s and 1980s. By Patrick Shanley Ivan Koloff, who rose to fame as the villainous “Russian Bear” ...

Just one day after the world learned of the death of George "The Animal" Steele, another wrestling legend has passed away. Ivan Koloff has died of liver disease after reports earlier this month that ...

Ivan Koloff, one of pro wrestling’s biggest stars, passed away early Saturday at the age of 74 following a decade-long battle with liver disease. Known as “The Russian Bear,” Koloff permanently etched ...

Ivan 'The Russian Bear' Koloff, the famed villainous professional wrestler who once held the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship, has died. He was 74. Koloff, a resident of Montreal, had suffered from ...

Ivan Koloff – who wrestled as the villainous “Russian Bear” – has died at age 74, capping off a sad string of losses for the wrestling world. How did Kloff die? The cause of death was liver cancer, ...

Ivan Koloff, knowing among wrestling fans as “The Russian Bear,” has died. He was 74. Koloff had been battling liver cancer and was in need of “urgent medical care,” according to a Go Fund Me page set ...

The professional wrestler known as the bearded nefarious character “The Russian Bear” Ivan Koloff is dead. He was 74. The news was confirmed in a statement released by the WWE: “WWE is saddened to ...