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The Sheik's son Tom died on October 2, 2020, from kidney cancer at 57, and his eldest son Ed Farhat Jr. — who wrestled under the ring name "Captain Ed George" — died from complications of COVID-19 on March 22, 2021, at the age of 70.
Jan 26, 2003 · Edward Farhat, who as the Sheik more or less single-handedly escalated the violence and commercial appeal of professional wrestling in the early years of television, died on Jan. 18 in...
Jan 23, 2023 · Here's the earliest known photo of WWII Army veteran Ed Farhat as he embarked on his professional career. Someone later added Farhat's trademark beard with a sharpie and added the camel...
Sep 1, 2022 · Farhat, born in Lansing in 1926 and raised here, died at 77 in Williamston in 2003. The Sheik’s feats in the ring came when wrestling transitioned from fraternal halls to the national stage via television. It added a whole new dynamic to wrestling.
Edward George Farhat (June 9, 1926 - January 18, 2003) was an American professional wrestler best known as by his ring name The Sheik (or The Original Sheik to distinguish him from The Iron Sheik, a wrestler from the 1980s).
Jan 18, 2003 · Edward George “The Sheik” Farhat. Professional Wrestler. Born in Lansing, Michigan, he was dubbed ‘The Sheik' for his Arabian costumes, plus noted for his hardcore escalated violence and commercial appeal of professional wrestling in the early years of television.
Jun 8, 2023 · Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri, best known to wrestling fans as the Iron Sheik, died this week at the age of 81. Born in 1942, the Iron Sheik wore many hats—and kaffiyeh —over the course of a ...
