Luna Vachon
| Luna Vachon | |
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Vachon on June 1, 2007
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| Birth name | Gertrude Elizabeth Vachon |
| Born |
January 12, 1962 Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
| Died | August 27, 2010 (aged 48) Pasco County, Florida, United States |
| Cause of death | Drug overdose |
| Spouse(s) | Dan Hurd (divorced) Tom Nash (divorced) Gangrel (m. 1994; div. 2006) |
| Children | 2 |
| Family | Vachon |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Luna Vachon Luna Princess Luna Angel Baby |
| Billed height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Billed weight | 140 lb (64 kg) |
| Billed from |
Montreal, Quebec, Canada The Other Side of Darkness |
| Trained by |
Paul Vachon Vivian Vachon The Fabulous Moolah |
| Debut | 1985 |
| Retired | 2007 |
Gertrude Elizabeth "Luna" Vachon (January 12, 1962 – August 27, 2010) was an American-Canadian professional wrestler.
As a child, Gertrude Vachon wanted to continue her family's wrestling legacy. Attending wrestling events she used to play in the ring, which often resulted in training with various World Wide Wrestling Federation stars. Her family objected to her entering the wrestling business and tried to dissuade her, as they considered a wrestler's life at that time too harsh for a female.André the Giant, with whom she was close and who took her on a trip to Paris in 1974, also tried to dissuade her. Around the age sixteen, she began training under her aunt Vivian and then The Fabulous Moolah.
Gertrude started her professional career wrestling for Moolah's all-women's promotion. She then moved to Florida and, competing under the ring name Angelle Vachon, became a member of a four-woman wrestling troupe led by Mad Maxine. While in Florida, she shared residence with wrestlers Scott Levy (later known as Raven), and Denny Brown.
In 1985, she debuted in Florida Championship Wrestling, as a young, soft-spoken reporter named Trudy Herd, who was giving Kendall Windham an award. A melee ensued and she was slapped twice by Kevin Sullivan. The angle had her driven mad by Sullivan's treatment and she ended up joining Sullivan's Army of Darkness stable under the new ring name, Luna Vachon. As part of her gimmick, she shaved one half of her head, which was the first step to her trademark Mohawk hairstyle, covered her face in bodypaint, and continuously sneered. Looking back, Vachon expressed her uneasiness about some elements of the Satanism angle.
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