| LC control no. | n 93115279 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Okerlund, Gene |
| Variant(s) | Okerlund, Eugene Arthur Okerlund, Mean Gene |
| Located | Osprey (Fla.) |
| Birth date | 1942-12-19 |
| Death date | 2019-01-02 |
| Place of birth | Sisseton (S.D.) |
| Place of death | Sarasota (Fla.) |
| Field of activity | Wrestling |
| Profession or occupation | Sportscasters |
| Found in | The Wrestling album II [SR] p1987: label (Gene Okerlund) New York times WWW site, viewed Jan. 3, 2019 (in obituary published Jan. 2: Gene Okerlund; b. Eugene Arthur Okerlund, Dec. 19, 1942, Sisseton, S.D.; d. Wednesday [Jan. 2, 2019], Sarasota, Fla., aged 76; lived in Osprey, Fla.; as a ringside interviewer and commentator, served for decades as a straight man to the outsize personalities who suffuse the world of professional wrestling; nicknamed Mean Gene by the wrestler (and future governor of Minnesota) Jesse Ventura) |
| Associated language | eng |
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