Johnny Perry

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{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Johnny Perry

| image =Johnny Perry.jpeg

| birth_date = {{birth date|1972|10|24|}}

| birth_place = North Carolina, United States

| death_date = {{death date and age|2002|11|21|1972|10|24}}

| death_place = North Carolina, United States

| years active = 2000-2002 (his death)

| medaltemplates =

{{CompetitionRecordSport | Strongman}}

{{CompetitionRecordCountry | {{USA}} }}

{{CompetitionRecordCompetition|World's Strongest Man }}

{{CompetitionRecordQualifier | 2000 World's Strongest Man | }}

{{CompetitionRecordQualifier | 2001 World's Strongest Man | }}

{{CompetitionRecord|4th| 2002 World's Strongest Man | }}

{{CompetitionRecordCompetition|America's Strongest Man }}

{{CompetitionRecord|2nd| 2002 | }}

}}

Johnny Perry (October 24, 1972 – November 21, 2002) was a professional strongman competitor and professional wrestler{{cite web|url=https://www.wral.com/news/local/story/103462/|title=Former Pro Wrestler, Strongest Man Competitor Found Dead|website=WRAL-TV|date=November 22, 2002|access-date=December 23, 2019}} from Zebulon, North Carolina, US. Perry finished fourth in the 2002 World's Strongest Man competition.{{cite web|url=http://www.theworldsstrongestman.com/wsm/history/history2.html |title=The World's Strongest Man |access-date=2007-08-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070818200814/http://www.theworldsstrongestman.com/wsm/history/history2.html |archive-date=2007-08-18 }}

Death

A few months after the 2002 World's Strongest Man Championship, Perry died abruptly on November 21, 2002, from heart failure due to enormous size caused by steroid use. He was ranked fourth in the world by the International Federation of Strength Athletes at the time of his death.{{cite web| url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-mar-30-adna-strongman23-story.html| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121024081031/http://articles.latimes.com/2003/mar/30/news/adna-strongman23| url-status = live| archive-date = October 24, 2012| title = Archives - Los Angeles Times| website = Los Angeles Times| date = 30 March 2003}}

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