She wanted to live to 100, with one goal in mind. That goal, however, will go unfulfilled. On Tuesday night, less than a week after it'd been falsely reported that she'd passed on, Johnnie Mae Young did indeed pass away at 90.
Today's generation only knows Mae from her appearances with WWE, starting during the Attitude Era of the late 90's-early 00's, when her friend, rival, and fellow Hall of Famer, the Fabulous Moolah, brought her along for appearances on Monday Night Raw & Smackdown. She was one of a number of women that the Dudley Boyz put through a table during the winter of 2000, which likely drew the wrong reaction from New York Post gadfly Phil Mushnick, whose hatred for the WWE was so strong, he even questioned the validity of wrestlers making special appearances at hospitals to visit sick kids. Young participated in a ridiculous storyline with Olympic strongman Mark Henry in 1999, poking fun at the May-December relationships that have been and still are fairly common.
Today, Mae joins Moolah and Sherri Martel in that wrestling arena in Heaven. Rest in peace, Mae.
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