Reported by Adam Martin of WrestleView.com
On Friday, October 14, 2005 at 12:18 PM EST

The following was issued on WWE.com yesterday:

Bob "Legs" Langevin passes away
Oct. 13, 2005

A valued member of the sports-entertainment community, Bob “Legs” Langevin, passed away Saturday, Oct. 8 at the age of 91.

Langevin had an extremely long and successful career spanning from the 1930s into the 1970s. He wrestled the likes of Lou Thesz, Killer Kowalski, Strangler Lewis and even professional boxer Joe Louis.

Langevin received his nickname of “Legs” due to the enormous strength he had in his legs. He was capable of splitting a bag of flour simply by squeezing it with his legs. It was only natural that he went on to use the Airplane Scissors as his finishing maneuver.

After his career as a wrestler was over, he was a bodyguard. Among the people who retained his services were the Prime Minister of Canada, Louis St. Laurent, Elizabeth Taylor and Princess Soroya, the wife of the Shah of Iran.

Langevin’s contributions to sports-entertainment were recognized by WWE when the company honored him at a 1995 show in Montreal.