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  • Birth name - Nancy Elizabeth Toffoloni
  • Born - May 17, 1964, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
  • Died - June 22, 2007 (aged 43), Fayetteville, Georgia, U.S.
  • Cause of death - Murder by strangulation
  • Spouses - Jim Daus, (m. 1982; div. 1985), Kevin Sullivan (m. 1985; div. 1997), Chris Benoit (m. 2000)
  • Children - 1
  • Ring names - Devil Angel, Fallen Angel, Para, Robin Green, Woman
  • Debut, June 30, 1984,
  • Retired - May 26, 1997
  • Major Companies - World Championship Wrestling (1989–1990 1996–1997), Eastern/Extreme Championship Wrestling (1993–1996)

See Also[]

WCW Alumni -- ECW Alumni

Death Controversy[]

On June 25, 2007, Benoit, her husband Chris, and their son Daniel were found dead in their home in suburban Atlanta at around 2:30 p.m. It first was reported by the WWE Mobile Alerts service and posted to their official website soon after.

Lieutenant Tommy Pope of the Fayette County Sheriff's Department told ABC News it was being investigated as a double murder-suicide, and the police were not searching for any suspects outside of the house, as the instruments of death were located at the scene of the crime. During a press conference on June 26, Fayette County District Attorney Scott Ballard reported that Chris Benoit had killed his wife and son and committed suicide. A Bible was left by Nancy's body, and she died of asphyxiation. She had bruises on her back and stomach consistent with an attacker pressing a knee into her back while pulling on a cord around her neck. Daniel also died of asphyxiation, without signs of restraint. He had internal injuries to the throat area, but no bruises, indicating he may have been killed by a choke. Benoit allegidly killed Nancy on Friday, Daniel on Saturday, then asphyxiated himself with the cord of a weight machine in his basement on Sunday.

A memorial for Nancy and Daniel took place in Daytona Beach, Florida, on July 14, 2007. Both were cremated and their ashes placed in starfish-shaped urns for Nancy's family. Chris was also cremated, but the fate of his ashes has not been publicly revealed.

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