Matt Cappotelli, the winner of WWE’s reality show “Tough Enough,” died Friday after fighting two battles with brain cancer, WDRB reports. He was 38.
Cappotelli was first diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2005, beating it two years later. However, in 2017, doctors diagnosed him with a Grade 4 glioblastoma tumor and were subsequently unable to fully remove it, deeming it terminal, Wdrb reports.
Cappotelli, who is survived by his wife, became a trainer at Ohio Valley Wrestling after his retirement.
TheWrap has reached out to the WWE for comment on Cappotelli’s death.
Cappotelli was first diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2005, beating it two years later. However, in 2017, doctors diagnosed him with a Grade 4 glioblastoma tumor and were subsequently unable to fully remove it, deeming it terminal, Wdrb reports.
Cappotelli, who is survived by his wife, became a trainer at Ohio Valley Wrestling after his retirement.
TheWrap has reached out to the WWE for comment on Cappotelli’s death.
- 6/29/2018
- by Linda Xu
- The Wrap
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