Shad Gaspard Passed Away!

Shad Gaspard passed away.

The wrestling world is mourning the lost of Shad Gaspard.

WWE, the premier wrestling and sports entertainment company had to lay off hundreds of workers, have tapings of Raw, Smackdown and Nxt filmed in Orlando without an audience. The company had to shutdown the XFL after one season. Vince McMahon and the family had announced their taking pay cuts to their salaries.

Wrestlemania is postponed for the year. We don't know when its going to be on.

Now the community mourns a young talent who died while swimming with his son. He may have drowned trying to save his child's life.

The star passed away at the age of 39.

Shad with his wife Siliana.

Gaspard had went missing after swimming with his son at Venice Beach in California. Gaspard instructed the lifeguards to save his son life and sacrifice his own.

He was best known as one half of the duo Cryme Tyme with JTG. The fan favorite duo memorably joined forces with John Cena for the WWE Tag Team Titles at SummerSlam 2009. Shad and JTG would end up having a fallout in 2010.

WWE News reports that Gaspard played at Georgia Perimeter College. He was a former bodyguard for P. Diddy (Sean "Puffy" Combs), Britney Spears and Mike Tyson.

Admired by friends and colleagues for his warmth and humor, Shad had done heroic things before his passing. He was in the news a few years back for stopping an armed robbery in Coral Springs, Florida.

He pinned down the suspect and held him until the law arrived.

Shad loved his family.

Shad was also a multitalented individual, creating his own graphic novel and acting in several TV shows and films including Brothers and Think Like a Man Too.

Billed at 6'6'' he was born in Brooklyn, New York. He was the third of six children born to Ingrid Chittick and Ben Gaspard. He was of Curacoan and Haitian decent. His father was a former enforcer for street gangs and later a person bodyguard for Frank Lucas.

Shad trained in Judo, Jeet Kune Do, Kickboxing and Muay Thai.

He leaves behind his wife Siliana Gaspard and son Aryeah.