Pro-wrestler and former footballer Steve Williams, 49, a.k.a. "Dr. Death" passed away on December 29th at his home after a battle with throat cancer. He was originally diagnosed in 1994 and given six months to live. He underwent surgery to remove his larynx and was given a clean bill of health. Four years later the cancer returned, causing his health to rapidly decline.
Williams was not only a professional wrestler, but a talented football player as well. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma, where a former coach says he was "one of the best athletes to walk out the gates of the University".
Williams wrote a book, "How Dr. Death became Dr. Life" chronicling his battle and survival of throat cancer. He wanted to give hope and inspire wrestling and football fans as well as Christians and cancer survivors. He wanted to be remembered as a fighter, and that is what he did, until the end.
You can leave your thoughts and condolences at his official Myspace page.
Comments
THIS IS NOT GOOD
I HATE THAT THIS HAPPEN TO HIM AND HIS SON NEED TO HOD HIS HAND UP!!!!!!!!!@@@@!!!!!!
IS HE BEST
i have always ben up to steve williams at oak park and he would tell me his story........................
LOVE HIM FOR WHO HE IS
HE IS THE BEST
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HIE IS A GOOD MAN TO EVERY BODY
AND HE IS A GOOD FATHER
he was a good man.cause my aunt knew him and then she interduce me to him.And yes i is really sad he is gone.
AND HE GAVE HIS LIFE TO GOD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
as me and my aunt knew him my mom would never want to meet him cause she thinks he is a freak.but his is not a freak.he is a very nice man.and i know his son is very very sad about his lost of his father.
EVERY BODY GETS THROAT CANCER BUT JUST MAKE SURE YOU DONT GET IT AND TO DO THAT GET ON YOUR KNEES AND PARY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AND I BET HE WISH HE WAS HERE TO SEE HIS GEIW UP TO BE A GOOD MAN
HE HAD HIS HOLE LIFE A HEAD OF HIM
I KNOW HOW HE FEELS BESAUE WHEN MY DAD DIE HALF OF ME DIE I CUED NO0T EAT OR SLEEP AT ALL BUT SART PARYING TO GOD AND GOT BETTER AHDTHE I TAKE TO HIM SOME TIMES AND HE HELP ME FEEL BETTER I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL KIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my mom read about what i write on a a paper about dr.death steve williams.and then she said,oh no he died my mom said last night.so she finaly cares about him.
WHEN MY GRADMA DIED I WAS REALLY SAD.AND IT WAS MY MOM THAT COULD NOT EAT OR SLEEP CAUSE THAT WAS HER MOTHER THAT SHE LOST.AND I KNOW THAT I WOULD BE VERY HARD IF I LOST MY MOTHER LIKE THAT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.BUT ME.I WAS JUST REALLY REALLY SAD ACSUE I LOST MY NANA.
AND SI MY GRADPA IS SPENDING ALOT OF TIME WITH OUT HER OLD FRIEND MRS.PENNY.AND NOW MY MOM THINKS THAT THEY ARE DATING.BUT MY GRANDPA SAID THAT WHERE NOT DATING CAUSE HE COULD NOT REPLACE MY GRANDMA AT ALL.BUT JUST THINK ABOUT IT.WHEN YOU GO TO HEAVE YOU WILL SEEN YOUR FATHER.AND WE WILL SEE OUR GRANDMA.
GOD IS ALWAYS WITH EVERY ONE YOU KNOW
AND DR.DEATH STEVE WILLIAMS WAS A GOOD WRESTLER CAUSE I USED TO WATCH HIS VIDEOS.CAUSE WHEN HE WAS A WRESTLER.THAT WAS WHEN MY MOM LITTLE IN THE 80'S OR 90'S.
EVERY BODY GO THROGH OME THING BUT GOD FIX FOR EVERY ONE BUT JUST KEEP HIM YOUR LIFE
AND THEN ALWAYS SAY YOU ARE SORRY TO JESUS AND TELL THEM THAT YOU WON'T DO IT AGAIN.
EVERY BODY GO THROG SOMETHGS BUT GOD FIXS IT FOR EVERY ONE
AKA WATCH OUT FOR SO YOU CAN'T GET THROAT CANCER.OR THE H1N1.
r.i.e and love
i wills miss so much and hope to meet him in heavn some day
love him always and for every
YOU WILL BE MISS FOR EVERY AND EVERY
AS WHAT JIM MURPHY SAID.HE SAID THAT HE WHENT TO LAKEWOOD HIGH SVHOOL WITH STEVE WILLIAMS WITH HIM.AND HE SAID GOD BLESS HIM AND HIS SON AND HIS FAMILY TOO.AND THEN I SAID THE SAME THING THAT WHAT HE SAID.AND EVERYONE KNOWS THAT WE ALL WILL MISS HIM VERY MUCH.AND THEN I TOLD JIM THAT NOW STEVE IS AT A NEW HOME NOW IT IS HEAVEN.
nobody has said anything.SOMEBODY SAY SOMETHING AS A COMENT.PLEASE!
I knew Steve Williams when I was just a lil girl living in Oklahoma I use to sit in his lap at church he was fun to be around he use to play ball with me.I'm just now finding out about his death and it's like losing apart of my family.My dad thought alot of Steve my dad passed away in2007 Mar 22 of bone cancer and cancer in his remaining right lung and I coouldn't get a hold of Steve to tell him but now their both in heaven playing ball and fishing and having a wonderful time and their no longer suffering or in any pain.God Bless his family and Steve we still love you're an Angle now I'll see you again one day.
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