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Benoit: Wrestling with the Horror That Destroyed a Family and Crippled a Sport
The life and alarming death of acclaimed professional wrestler Chris Benoit are explored in this timely and exhaustive biography. In June 2007 Benoit committed suicide after killing his wife and son, and the media coverage surrounding this event—as well as the facts of the case and its effects on professional wrestling—are all extensively addressed. Benoit’s life prior to ...more
Paperback, 180 pages
Published
November 1st 2007
by ECW Press
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Jake
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This was sort of cathartic for me I guess, as I eventually had to come to terms with the fact that someone I admired murdered his wife and son. It's really four very separate essays thrown into a book. Some are better than others.
An uncomfortable examination of a man who murdered his wife and child, and the response from his sport and the media.
Dana
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When the hell did this come out??
Not a straightforward narrative of the Benoit murder/suicide tragedy but rather a series of essays. Still good but not exactly what I wanted.
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