Brickhouse Brown Passes Away

We have more sad news to bring you today, as WrestleTalk are saddened to learn of the death of another wrestling legend, Brickhouse Brown.

Brown – real name Frederick Seawright – passed away earlier today at the age of 57, following a battle with stage-four prostate cancer.

Seawright was first reported dead on July 20. However, a day later, news broke that he had woken up and was, in fact, alive:

Thank you so much George, but stop the tape. Brickhouse is Mother Victoria just called me to inform me that Brick was still alive and woke up, somehow, last night and said he was hungry. Stay tuned as this is not over, unbelievable! I'll write what happened on my Facebook page. https://t.co/72FRdXW03r

— B Brian Blair 🇺🇸 (@Killerbee1B) July 21, 2018

Dave Meltzer broke the sad news of his passing earlier today:

Just to confirm, Nikolai Volkoff, Brian Lawler and Brickhouse Brown have all passed away. Very sad day for pro wrestling.

— Dave Meltzer (@davemeltzerWON) July 29, 2018

Brown is most well-known for his time wrestling in the city of Memphis, where he became a three-time USWA Tag Team Champion and one-time USWA Television Champion.

He is also a former WCWA Texas Heavyweight Champion, and won both the NWA Mississippi Heavyweight and NWA Mid-South Heavyweight Titles.

Here is a post from a relative of Brown regarding his passing:

https://www.facebook.com/100002113142817/posts/1853083051438782/

 

We send our condolences to the family and friends of Frederick Seawright.

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