Former NWA president Howard Brody passed away on Wednesday due to an infection following quadruple bypass surgery.
The news was first reported by PWInsider who also noted last week that Brody was in rough shape following the surgery.
Brody was NWA president from 1996-2001, notably signing an agreement with the then-WWF to have Jeff Jarrett, Jim Cornette and the new Midnight Express as NWA talents on Monday Night Raw in a short-lived invasion-esque storyline.
Brody was a promoter both in the U.S. and overseas with the Ring Warriors promotion and TV show with the late Hiro Matsuda in an attempt to promote NJPW in the U.S. PWInsider noted that the show was among the first to be downloadable and streamable online.
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