{"id":8865,"date":"2016-06-16T11:56:09","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T16:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=8865"},"modified":"2016-06-16T11:56:09","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T16:56:09","slug":"gypsy-joe-dead-at-age-82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2016\/06\/16\/gypsy-joe-dead-at-age-82\/","title":{"rendered":"Gypsy Joe dead at age 82"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-1969300322\" 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><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1773 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/01\/wrestlingring.jpg?resize=259%2C194\" alt=\"wrestlingring\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/>Gilberto Melendez, who wrestled most notably as Gypsy Joe, died on Thursday at age 82. Melendez&#8217;s son reported the news on Reddit and noted that his father had been hospitalized since June 4 and had struggled with health issues since 2012.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> Melendez worked his final match on January 7, 2011. Yes, you read that right, just five years ago, meaning he wrestled for over 60 years. My condolences to his family, friends, and fans.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-540552198\" 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>Gilberto Melendez, who wrestled most&#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],"tags":[982],"class_list":["post-8865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-misc_news","category-newsticker","tag-gypsy-joe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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