Today we remember Gorilla Monsoon who was born on this day in 1937. The legendary commentator would pass away at the age of 62 in 1999. Happy heavenly birthday🎂 | Ultimate Wrestling Trivia

Gorilla Monsoon: 1994 WWE Hall of Fame Inductee

On This Day in WWE on Instagram: "Gorilla died later that year, in October 1999. He had drastically lost weight since we had previously seen Monsoon, due to complications from his diabetes. But he appeared at WrestleMania 15, as one of the judges for the boxing match between Butterbean and Bart Gunn, in Philadelphia - the city where he had retired from the ring in 1980. But he continued to do commentary on internationally syndicated shows until a month before his death. On Grilling JR this week,