Sherri Martel - Dead!!

[$heriff Tom]

Sherri Russell aka Sensational Sherri Martel passed away, this morning, at home. She was 49.

No other details are available at the moment. Police are currently as her residence with her husband.

In 1991, while managing Randy Savage, Sherri was the only woman ever to win the Manager of the Year award

thanks to wrestling observer for this. Sad news indeed, may she rest in peace. I can say this....she has had her problems with drugs, you could tell by a number of her promos (Hall of Fame speech, anyone?)

Should be interesting to see how WWE.COM reports this, amidst all the coverage of the fake Mr McMahon demise...

[cactusjames]

She was a damn good manager, very smart about what she did at ringside. I was just watching a old Michaels match with her invovled. Fucking sad is right.

[globix]

Wow. How pissed is Vince. Stupid Sherri and her real death obscuring the coverage of his presumed death". maybe she was the limo driver?

[MSBNYY]

If Smackdown did a tribute to Sherri, I missed it.

[thecaptain15]

Sad indeed....if course with each wrestling death I hear about in this age range my mind goes immediately to an abuse of some kind...Sherri you will be missed...

[sancho231]

Sherri had to be on a truckload of drugs during that HOF speech. so i cant say im totally shocked.
49 is actually pretty old for ex wrestlers who dies

[$heriff Tom]

Apparently she did NOT die of "natural causes." More to come, but it was most likely a straight-up overdose, and even suicide has not entirely been written out.

[MSBNYY]

It's not easy to die of natural causes at age 49. You need some bad luck.