The Missing Link Death – Lung Cancer
- Name
- The Missing Link
- Real name
- Byron James John Robertson
- Born
- 1939
- Died
- August 16, 2007
- Age
- 68
- Cause
- Lung Cancer
- Promotions
- Central States Wrestling · Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling · NWA · WCCW (World Class) · WWE · WWF
From parts unknown, The Missing Link!
Link, born Byron Robertson, spent the early 80s with the NWA, and by the mid 80s had shifted over to a small role in the WWF where he was managed by Bobby Heenan.
His run with the WWF would prove short, never breaking out of the lower card.
The Missing Link makes his WWF debut in 1985
Robertson would see the most successful period of his career when he joined Frtiz Von Erich‘s Texas-based promotion, WCCW. He first entered the company in November of ’85, managed by Percy Pringle (who would go on to become Paul Bearer with the WWF). He was later managed by Skandor Akbar.
The Missing Link Death
In 2006, Robertson published an autobiography, Bang Your Head: The Real Story of The Missing Link. In the book, Robertson notes his struggles with substance abuse, including the use of steroids.
On August 16, 2007, Byron Robertson died after a battle with lung cancer. He was living in Hamilton, Ontario at the time, the same city in which he was born.
Byron Robertson Grave
Byron Robertson’s grave is located at Woodland Cemetery in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
For years, I was unaware Dewey Robertson was the Missing Link. I grew up watching Dewey when he was on “Maple Leaf Wrestling” and saw him wrestle in Buffalo for Jim Crockett Promotions. He did a great job transforming himself from a technical wrestler to a madman. I wish the Link’s WWF run would have been longer but the dreaded personal demons surfaced again.
Always sad to see a guys career getting derailed because of substance abuse. I haven’t checked out his book yet but have been meaning to get around to it.
Great book…great man