Reid Flair, son of WWE star Ric Flair, dies at 25

[Dino Velvet]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/la-sp-sn-reid-flair-dies-20130329,0,3814839.story


By Houston Mitchell 2:12 p.m. CDT, March 29, 2013

Reid Flair, the 25-year-old son of WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair, died Friday, wrestlingobserver.com is reporting (http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/118-daily-updates/30525-reid-flair-passes-away). Details surrounding his death are unknown at this time.
Flair's agent, Melinda Morris Zanoni, released the following statement: "We are heartbroken to confirm that Ric's son, Reid, has passed away today March 29, 2013 in Charlotte, NC. The investigation into the cause of death is ongoing. Reid was an incredible son, brother, friend, and professional wrestler. No words can describe the grief that Ric and his family are experiencing and they do request privacy during this devastating time."
According to wcnc.com (http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/Ric-Flairs-son-found-dead-in-Charlotte-hotel-room-200627521.html), Charlotte-Mecklenburg police received a call around 10:30 a.m. ET that a man was unresponsive in a hotel room. Police identified the man as Reid Flair. Foul play is not suspected at this time.
Reid Flair had been wrestling in Japan occasionally for the last year to improve his skills in the ring. He was in the U.S. and scheduled to tour with his father this weekend.
He was expected to be signed by WWE at some point in the future, as his father has recently rejoined the company.
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[Dino Velvet]

http://news.yahoo.com/son-pro-wrestler-ric-flair-found-dead-201734268.html

[Dino Velvet]

A friend and training partner or Reid's. Death is hard to process. RIP

Reid Flair from Eric Adamz - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybDM6bp8ypM)

[south ov da border]

Man that is crazy. I wonder what happened

[Genetic]

He was a heroin addict so while it's not confirmed yet, it's safe to say he ODed.

[MartyRamone]

Yeah. Heroin arrest a few years ago, and he'd just gotten back from a tour with a japanese company where wrestlers, especially young ones who are starting out, are under heavy supervision. Hate to say this, but we can all pretty much guess what happened here.

[Genetic]

Totally. The sad thing with addicts is that they never seem to consider that if they've been clean for a bit then going back to taking heroin at the same dose they were on will kill them.

[theone1982]

The funeral was today and Ric cancelled all of his Wrestlemania Axxess appearances this weeked. Such a sad event. I think Reid had the potential to be as good as his father, certainly as good as the other second and third generation stars on the roster. It's a little worrying too that Naitch recently had a health scare with a blood clot in his leg, something like this happening might make something like that worse. Hopefully there will be no more tragedies and sad events like this happening in the Flair family.