Bruno Sammartino’s widow passed away in March
Carol Sammartino, the widow of wrestling legend Bruno Sammartino, passed away at 96 years old with the news just coming to light Wednesday.
The death was initially revealed by their son, Darryl, in an interview with Bill Apter from last week that went up on YouTube Tuesday and started making the news rounds Wednesday evening after a social media post by the Cauliflower Alley Club.
Darryl said she died on March 4 after being “in a home for about 16 months.”
She was the only spouse of Sammartino, who passed away on April 18, 2018, at 82 years old. They were married in 1959 and had three children in David, Danny and Darryl — the latter two fraternal twins. They also had four grandchildren and lived in Ross Township, Pennsylvania since 1965.
At one point, the two had a foundation together with a “mission to help provide to those we serve with food, shelter, and services to ease their burdens of life’s most basic needs in Western PA.”
In the aforementioned interview, Darryl said that she “slowly deteriorated” since his brother Danny passed away six months after Bruno did.
“She was suffering toward the end. She’s not suffering anymore which I’m very happy about. That’s it. Nobody deserves that,” he said.
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