‘9th wonder of the world’:Shock as WWE star Chyna is found dead
Tributes have begun pouring in for much-loved WWE star, Chyna, following her untimely death yesterday.
According to her manager Anthony Anzaldo, the body of the 46-year-old wrestler and actress was discovered in her Redondo Beach home in California at approximately 3.25pm.
The death of #Chyna is tragic enough, but that "she had died some time before being found" is heartbreaking 🙁
— Daz Watford (@ThatsWhatUGets) April 21, 2016
Issuing a statement to the press and public, the police said: "The Redondo Beach Police received a 911 call from a friend of the apartment unit resident that the female inside was not breathing."
"The friend told Redondo Beach Police that the female had not answered her phone in a few days, and went to the location to check on her welfare."
#BreakingNews I can confirm former pro wrestler #Chyna has died at the age of 46. Details still coming in. She was found in her bed.
— George Pennacchio (@abc7george) April 21, 2016
Chyna, who was born Joan Marie Laurer in 1970, shot to fame in the mid 1990s as part of the World Wrestling Entertainment phenomenon.