Wrestler Laid to Rest

Thursday February 25, 1999 12:00 AM EST

Politicians and singers joined professional wrestlers and fans at an invitation-only funeral in Alberta, Canada, on Monday for wrestler Owen Hart. Hart, 34, known as the Blue Blazer, plunged 70 feet to his death Sunday before last during a dramatic entrance for a match in Kansas City, Mo. Some 1,300 mourners packed the service. Among them were pro wrestlers Hulk Hogan, Road Dogg, Gorilla Monsoon, Paul Bearer, Sgt. Slaughter and Stone Cold Steve Austin, who arrived on a bus bearing a banner reading "Owen You Will Always Be In Our Hearts."

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