Career
- Hart died in Kansas City on May 23, 1999, during the World Wrestling Federation's Over The Edge pay-per-view professional wrestling event.
- His death occurred while he was being lowered into the ring from a catwalk of the Kemper Arena for a match with The Godfather
- It was planned that Owen would release himself from the safety harness, drop to the ring, land on his feet and then fall flat on his face. However, for reasons never revealed, the release was triggered early, and Owen fell 90 feet into the ring allegedly smashing his chest on a ring turnbuckle.
- The viewers at home did not see the incident, as the WWF was transmitting a promotional package for the Hart/Godfather match.
- Owen was transported to Truman Medical Center in Kansas City, where he died a short time later the cause was later revealed to be internal bleeding from blunt chest trauma.
