{"id":156339,"date":"2024-08-16T15:12:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T20:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=156339"},"modified":"2024-08-16T15:12:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T20:12:20","slug":"afa-anoai-dead-at-age-81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2024\/08\/16\/afa-anoai-dead-at-age-81\/","title":{"rendered":"Afa Anoa&#8217;i dead at age 81"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-326836712\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Jason Powell<\/b>, ProWrestling.net Editor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@prowrestlingnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Pro wrestling legend Afa Anoa&#8217;i died on Friday at age 81. The cause of death was not disclosed. Afa was hospitalized in January with pneumonia and suffered two mild heart attacks earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> It&#8217;s been a tough year for the family, which is still mourning the loss of Afa&#8217;s brother Sika, who died on June 25. Afa&#8217;s daughter Vale shared the news of her father&#8217;s passing along with a nice tribute to him. My condolences to the Anoa&#8217;i family as well as Afa&#8217;s friends and many fans.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Today, all of our lives are irreparably changed. I love you so much, Dad. More than any words could ever express. Your strength was absolutely superhuman. You fought all the way to the end, and the end was peaceful. That&#8217;s all I could have hoped for. I love you so very much. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0mt5blynH3\">pic.twitter.com\/0mt5blynH3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vale Anoa&#8217;i (@ValeAnoai) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ValeAnoai\/status\/1824532638075433442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-1838728307\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2,4],"tags":[3715,1570],"class_list":["post-156339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-misc_news","category-newsticker","category-wwe_news","tag-afa","tag-sika"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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