He had six sons. One died in childhood, three died in their 20s and one died at 33 years old. Only one is still alive. If Ric Flair is a bad father because one of his four children died in his 20s from drugs, what kind of father does that make Fritz?
I don't think you can blame it entirely on Fritz because achieving that level of fame at such a young age as his own sons did is very hard to manage and a lot of young stars have died as a result. I do think he was in denial over their drug use though and I think he pushed them too hard, such as flying them in from football games so they could wrestle that night, even when they had knee injuries and such. He'd just say "They're tough; they're Von Erichs"!
I don't think you can blame it entirely on Fritz because achieving that level of fame at such a young age as his own sons did is very hard to manage and a lot of young stars have died as a result. I do think he was in denial over their drug use though and I think he pushed them too hard, such as flying them in from football games so they could wrestle that night, even when they had knee injuries and such. He'd just say "They're tough; they're Von Erichs"!
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