Portrait of Gene Okerlund

Gene Okerlund

Bio: Following more than 30 years in sports-entertainment, Gene Okerlund became one of, if not the most recognizable announcers in the history of the squared circle. Nicknamed "Mean Gene" by longtime colleague and fellow Minnesotan Jesse Ventura, Okerlund began as a backstage interviewer in the Minneapolis-based American Wrestling Association in the early 1970s
Born: Sat, Dec 19 1942
Birthplace: Robbinsdale, Minnesota, USA

Death: Wed, Jan 02 2019
Gene Okerlund is 76 years old
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Poster of WrestleMania
WrestleMania
Gene Okerlund was 42 in WrestleMania as 'Interviewer'.
Movie Released: Sun, Mar 31 1985

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