Stacy Keibler

Stacy Keibler
An image of Stacy Keibler.
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Ring name(s) Nitro Girl Skye
Miss Hancock
Stacy Keibler
Super Stacy
Billed height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Billed weight 130 lb[2] (59 kg)
Born October 14, 1979 (1979-10-14) (age 30)[2][3]
Baltimore, Maryland[3]
Resides Los Angeles, California[2]
Billed from Baltimore, Maryland
Trained by Paul Orndorff[4]
Debut September 1999
Retired 2006

Stacy Keibler (born October 14, 1979)[3] is an American actress and former professional wrestler and valet for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).

She began her professional wrestling career as a part of the Nitro Girls in WCW.[1][3] She quickly moved on to a more prominent role in the company as the manager Miss Hancock.[5] As Miss Hancock, she was known for doing table dances, her relationship with David Flair, and a pregnancy angle.[5][6] After WCW was purchased by WWE, she moved to the new company, taking part in the Invasion storyline and managing the Dudley Boyz.[5] Keibler also managed Test and Scott Steiner. Before her departure, she was affiliated with Rosey and The Hurricane and nicknamed Super Stacy.[7][8]

Keibler was a contestant on the second season of Dancing with the Stars, where she placed third.[7] She has also appeared on other American Broadcasting Company (ABC) shows such as What About Brian, George Lopez, and October Road. In addition, she has done modeling, appearing in both Maxim and Stuff.[9][10]

Keibler is known for her forty-two inch long legs.[1][3][9] She has been known as both "The Legs of WCW" and "The Legs of WWE".[7] During her time on Dancing with the Stars, she was nicknamed "The Weapon of Mass Seduction" because of her dancing skills and long legs.[6]

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Early life

Stacy Keibler was born in Baltimore, Maryland on October 14, 1979.[3] Beginning at the age of three, Keibler took ballet, jazz, and tap dancing classes.[1][3]

After attending the Catholic High School of Baltimore, she attended Towson University, where she studied mass communication.[1] She attended the university on a partial-scholarship and had a 3.7 grade point average (GPA).[1][2] She had minor parts in movies such as Pecker and Liberty Heights, as well as small modeling jobs.[1][3] During this time, Keibler became a cheerleader for the Baltimore Ravens football team at the age of eighteen.[1][3]

Professional wrestling career

World Championship Wrestling

Keibler began watching wrestling with her boyfriend at the time, Kris Cumberland.[1] In late 1999, Keibler entered a contest held by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) to find a new member of the Nitro Girls dance troupe.[1][3] In November, she defeated 300 other girls for a spot on the dance troupe and $10,000.[1][11] Her winning routine was watched by 4.4 million viewers.[1] Keibler performed dance routines every week on WCW's flagship show Monday Nitro under the name Skye.[1] By 2000, Keibler was appearing on WCW as a Nitro Girl, attending school full-time, and cheering for the Baltimore Ravens.[1]

She soon accepted a larger role and became a valet using the stage name Miss Hancock,[5][12] briefly serving as an associate for the tag team of Lenny Lane and Lodi dubbed "Standards and Practices".[11][13] Despite wearing business suits, her character was known to climb on top of the announcers' table and dance sensually.[5] It was also during this period that she began using what would become her trademark ring entrance: slowly putting her forty-two inch legs through the second tier of ropes, pausing to let the crowd momentarily see her underwear.[14] At 5 feet 11 inches, Keibler was one of few women in professional wrestling tall enough to step over the middle of three ropes that surround the ring.[11]

For a brief period, she dated David Flair (both on-screen and off), who was already involved in an on-screen relationship with Daffney. This led to Keibler's in-ring debut at the Bash at the Beach in a Wedding Gown match, which she lost after she removed her own gown.[15] Hancock next briefly feuded with Kimberly Page, but the storyline ended abruptly when Page quit the company.[1][16] Keibler and Flair then began a feud with the Misfits In Action stable, including a mud wrestling singles match against Major Gunns at New Blood Rising.[5][15] During the match, she was kicked in the stomach, and she revealed herself to be pregnant the next night, beginning a new angle for herself and Flair.[5] Two proposed endings to the storyline were for either Ric Flair or Vince Russo to be the father of her child.[12] The angle, however, ended prematurely, as she revealed the pregnancy to be false, broke up with David Flair, and was taken off of television.[6] When she returned, she was known by her real name on-screen.[5]

World Wrestling Entertainment

The Invasion and Duchess of Dudleyville (2001–2002)

Keibler, the "Duchess of Dudleyville", managed the Dudley Boyz at WrestleMania X8.

When WCW was purchased by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 2001, Keibler's contract was retained by the WWF. She portrayed a heel character in The Alliance. She made her WWF television debut on the June 14, 2001 episode of SmackDown! when Shane McMahon brought her to the ring to distract Rhyno, causing him to lose a match.[17] Keibler originally teamed up with real-life friend Torrie Wilson, and the pair feuded with Divas Trish Stratus and Lita. During this feud, the four Divas competed in the first-ever tag team Bra and Panties match at the InVasion pay-per-view, which Trish and Lita won by stripping their opponents.[5][18]

Towards the end of the WCW/ECW Invasion, Keibler managed The Dudley Boyz and was nicknamed the "Duchess of Dudleyville".[5] Keibler made her WrestleMania debut at WrestleMania X8 alongside The Dudleyz.[18][19] During this time, she began an on-screen rivalry with former ally Torrie Wilson after Wilson left The Alliance, with Keibler helping The Dudley Boyz put Wilson through a table. Wilson, however, got her revenge after first giving Keibler a wedgie and pulling her pants down on an episode of SmackDown!.[20] She then defeated Keibler in the first-ever lingerie match, a match wrestled in lingerie, at No Mercy.[18] At the end of the storyline, Keibler's role with the Dudley Boyz came to an abrupt end when she was powerbombed through a table after accidentally costing the team a match.[21] She then set her sights on the WWE Women's Championship at Judgment Day, facing Trish Stratus in a losing effort.[22] She faced Stratus several more times in the proceeding weeks, but she never won a match against her.[6]

On-screen relationships (2002–2003)

Keibler was originally drafted to the SmackDown! brand in 2002,[23] where her character showed an interest in becoming WWE Chairman Vince McMahon's personal assistant.[3] McMahon was ready to hire another attractive female until Keibler interrupted and performed a table dance in the ring.[21] Keibler became McMahon's personal assistant,[3] as well as his on-screen mistress. She was frequently shown flirting and 'making out' with him in backstage segments, until Stephanie McMahon became general manager of the SmackDown! brand.[24][25] Dawn Marie made her debut on SmackDown! as McMahon's legal assistant, who competed with Keibler for McMahon's affections.[26]

A key storyline for Keibler's on-screen character occurred when she left SmackDown! for Raw. Keibler made her official Raw debut on August 12, 2002.[27] During her ensuing time on Raw, Keibler managed Scott Steiner and Test, the latter of which was her real-life boyfriend at the time.[28] As Test's on-screen marketing agent, she came up with the idea that Test should call his fans "Testicles," cut his hair, and reshape his image.[29][30] Test, however, became jealous of Keibler also wanting to be Steiner's manager. As part of the angle, during a match on Raw, Test turned heel by verbally abusing Keibler.[31] Steiner defeated Test for Keibler's services, and Keibler seemed happy as Steiner's new manager, as the two alluded to having more than a professional relationship.[32] Test, however, petitioned for an Intergender tag team match, pitting himself and former rival Chris Jericho against Steiner and Keibler, to win back Keibler's services. Test faked a leg injury to pick up the win.[33] A match was then set for Unforgiven with the stipulation that if Test won, he would not only retain Keibler's services,[14] but would acquire Steiner's services as well. During the match, Keibler's interference backfired, and Test won the match.[34] Steiner then turned heel by attacking Keibler after her interference in his match on the next episode of Raw backfired.[35] For a time, Test and Steiner worked as a tag team, sharing the services of Keibler as their on-screen sex slave.[14] The storyline ended when general manager Mick Foley freed Keibler from her obligatory contracts with Test and Steiner by temporarily firing them.[36]

Feuding with the Divas and Randy Orton (2004–2005)

Keibler in 2005

Keibler was chosen to record a track on the album WWE Originals. She and WWE music producer Jim Johnston recorded the song "Why Can't We Just Dance?" for the album.[37]

Keibler was placed in a feud involving SmackDown! divas Torrie Wilson and Sable, who both had recently posed for a Playboy cover. Keibler aligned with Miss Jackie, neither of whom had posed for the magazine, claiming that they deserved to be in Playboy over Sable and Wilson.[38] Keibler and Jackie challenged Sable and Wilson to a Tag Team Evening Gown match at WrestleMania XX, which they lost when Jackie was pinned by Wilson, and the feud was dropped afterward.[39]

Keibler took over the 2004 Raw Diva Search for a few weeks, which led to several tag matches against Gail Kim, Trish Stratus, and Molly Holly and with partners Nidia and Victoria.[6] Keibler got upset victories over Kim, Stratus, and Holly.[6] She earned a Women's Championship title match on October 11, 2004, but she was defeated by Stratus, who retained the title.[6] Keibler also competed in the first-ever Fulfill your Fantasy Diva Battle Royal for the WWE Women's Championship at Taboo Tuesday along with Victoria, Nidia, Gail Kim, Molly Holly, Jazz, and then-champion Stratus.[39] She was eliminated second to last after jumping over the top rope to avoid hitting the turnbuckle, followed by Holly knocking her off the apron to eliminate her.[39]

Keibler as Super Stacy

Keibler began appearing in backstage segments with Randy Orton.[40] When Orton challenged The Undertaker to a match at WrestleMania 21, Orton ended the relationship and the storyline by performing an RKO on her. He justified it by claiming he was demonstrating how ruthless he could be in order to defeat The Undertaker.[41]

Super Stacy and departure (2005–2006)

Keibler then joined forces with Rosey and The Hurricane.[7] She became 1/3 of the trio as a superhero sidekick nicknamed Super Stacy, complete with her own superhero costume.[8] She was ringside during several matches as they defended their World Tag Team Championship.[6] During this time, Keibler feuded on-screen with Victoria, including confrontations on Raw and a match on Heat.[6][42]

After a long tenure on Monday nights, Keibler and fellow Raw Diva Christy Hemme were moved to SmackDown! as part of a trade that brought Torrie Wilson and Candice Michelle to Raw.[43] On SmackDown!, Keibler participated in lingerie matches and bikini contests.[6] After a short absence, Keibler began a short feud with Jillian Hall, which led to the two having a match on Velocity.[6] The match was Keibler's final match with WWE.[44] Keibler then asked for time off to appear on the show Dancing with the Stars.[45] After completing her stint on Dancing with the Stars, Keibler left WWE to move on to other endeavors.

Modeling and acting career

Selected filmography
Year: Title: Role: Notes:
1998 Pecker Blonde on Bus Uncredited
2001 Bubble Boy Working Girl
2006 Dancing With the Stars Herself Placed third
2007 George Lopez Lindsay 2 episodes
2007 What About Brian Stephanie 5 episodes
2007 The Comebacks All-American Mom
2008 October Road Rory Dunlop 1 episode
2008 Samurai Girl Karen 2 episodes

As the Fitness Editor at Stuff magazine during 2005 and 2006, Keibler wrote and modeled for her own occasional column, entitled Getting Fit with Stacy Keibler.[10] She has appeared on the cover of that magazine twice: in June 2005 and March 2006. Maxim named Keibler #5 in its 2006 Hot 100 issue, and #70 in its 2007 Hot 100.[9][46] Keibler has declined each of two invitations from Playboy to pose in the nude for its magazine.[3]

Keibler starred in a commercial for AT&T alongside Carrot Top.[3] She also auditioned and earned a role in Big Momma's House 2,[3] but she did not appear.

She competed in the second season of Dancing with the Stars, alongside her dance partner, Tony Dovolani.[45][47] Keibler received a perfect score of 30 from the three judges for her samba dance routine in week five.[7] This prompted the judges to nickname her a "weapon of mass seduction."[6] Overall, Keibler and Dovolani received four perfect scores.[7] Keibler was eliminated in the final episode,[45] coming in third to Jerry Rice, who placed second in the final round of the competition, and Drew Lachey, the winner of the season. Two of the judges, Bruno Tonioli and Len Goodman, felt she should have at least placed second.[48] Oddsmakers had considered her the favorite to win the competition.[45]

Keibler has appeared on MTV's Punk'd twice. In season five, Keibler took part in helping prank fellow WWE Superstar Triple H, which also included Stephanie McMahon. In season seven, however, Keibler was seen as a victim of a prank by her boyfriend, Geoff Stults.[49]

In February 2007, Keibler began a recurring role in ABC's What About Brian.[47] She played the role of Brian's new neighbor and love interest.[47] This was Keibler's first major acting role, following her previous minor roles in both Bubble Boy and Pecker.[1][50] Keibler guest starred on The George Lopez Show on ABC.[47] In the fall of 2007, Keibler appeared in both The Comebacks and on ABC's drama October Road.[51][52] In April 2008, she was named #64 in FHM's annual 100 Sexiest Women list.[53] Keibler was featured in an advertisement in the 2008 SI Swimsuit issue. Keibler appeared on ABC Family's mini television series, Samurai Girl as the character Karen in September 2008.[54]

On November 23, 2008, Stacy was named the "World's Hottest Athlete"[55] by a sixty-four contenstant bracket on InGameNow.[56] Over one-million votes were collected and Stacy defeated the Feres Twins in the finals.

Personal life

In 2000, Keibler lived at home with her parents and dated her high-school sweetheart, Kris Cumberland.[1] After winning the $10,000 in the contest to become a part of the Nitro Girls, Keibler used the money to buy season tickets for the Baltimore Ravens, the team for which she used to cheer.[3] During her days with WCW, Keibler was romantically linked with David Flair, the son of wrestler Ric Flair.[3][12]

Keibler moved to Los Angeles in 2004,[47] where she was roommates with her friend Torrie Wilson.[3] After joining WWE, Keibler was in a relationship with Andrew "Test" Martin for several years.[3][28]

In June 2005, Keibler was rumored to be in a relationship with actor Geoff Stults, best known for his appearances on 7th Heaven.[57] The pair appeared together on MTV's Punk'd, with Keibler as the recipient of the prank. Keibler and Stults are part-owners of the Hollywood Fame, a 2006 expansion franchise of the American Basketball Association.[58]

On May 16, 2006, Keibler suffered a seizure at the ABC Upfront Presentation in New York City and was hospitalized.[57] The seizure was said to be minor, and Keibler was released from the hospital shortly after.[57] Four days later, Keibler appeared on the ESPN pre-race telecast of the Preakness Stakes in an interview with Kenny Mayne.[57]

In wrestling

  • Spinning heel kick[6][53]
  • Cartwheel evasion
  • Corner foot choke[6]
  • Hair pull snapmare[6]
  • Handspring back elbow smash -WCW
  • "The Legs of WCW/WWE"[7]
  • "The Duchess of Dudleyville"[5]
  • "Super Stacy" (with The Hurricane and Rosey)[8]

Championships and accomplishments

  • 2004 WWE Babe of the Year[59]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 Blackburn, Maria (2000-01-07). "'Skye' is no limit for new WCW Nitro Girl". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Mazzucchi, Steve (January 2005). "Got Legs?". Muscle & Fitness. Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 Clark, Ron (2005-07-26). "Revealing Stacy Keibler Interview". wrestlingINC.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-14.
  4. ↑ Shields, Brian. Main Event: WWE in the Raging 80s (p.79)
  5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 Eck, Kevin (April 2002). "From a dancer to a Duchess". Wrestling Digest. Retrieved on 2008-03-05.
  6. ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 "Stacy Keibler's profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2008-03-11.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 "Cast Bio: Stacy Keibler (archived June 15, 2007)". ABC.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-11.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Reynolds, R. D. (2007). The WrestleCrap Book of Lists!. ECW Press. pp. pp. 34. ISBN 1550227629. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Hot 100: Stacy Keibler". Maxim (2006). Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Keibler, Stacy (2006-02-06). "Getting Fit with Stacy Keibler". Stuff Magazine. Retrieved on 2007-07-28.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Stacy Keibler Biography". Netglimse.com. Retrieved on 2007-06-28.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Ric Flair. To Be the Man (p.290-291)
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Reynolds, R.D. and Randy Baer. WrestleCrap: The Very Worst of Pro Wrestling (p.237)
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 Keith Elliot Greenberg (2003). "Stacy Keibler". Playboy.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 PWI Staff. "Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts", "Wrestling’s historical cards", Kappa Publishing, p. 153. 
  16. ↑ "Kimberly Page's Profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2007-07-28.
  17. ↑ "SmackDown Results: June 14, 2001". Lords of Pain (2001-06-14). Retrieved on 2007-07-28.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 "2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts", Wrestling’s historical cards, Kappa Publishing, pp. 108-110. 
  19. ↑ Michael McAvennie. "WWE The Yearbook: 2003 Edition", Pocket Books, pp. 70-74. 
  20. ↑ "SmackDown Results: October 18, 2001". Lords of Pain (2001-10-18). Retrieved on 2007-07-28.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 McAvennie, Michael. "WWE The Yearbook: 2003 Edition", Pocket Books, p. 111. 
  22. ↑ McAvennie, Michael. "WWE The Yearbook: 2003 Edition", Pocket Books, pp. 126-128. 
  23. ↑ McAvennie, Michael. "WWE The Yearbook: 2003 Edition", Pocket Books, p. 102. 
  24. ↑ "SmackDown Results: July 18, 2002". Lords of Pain (2002-07-18). Retrieved on 2007-07-28.
  25. ↑ McAvennie, Michael. "WWE The Yearbook: 2003 Edition", Pocket Books, pp. 179-183. 
  26. ↑ "SmackDown Results: August 8, 2002". Lords of Pain (2002-08-08). Retrieved on 2007-07-28.
  27. ↑ "Raw Results: August 12, 2002". Lords of Pain (2002-08-12). Retrieved on 2007-07-28.
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 The Lilsboys (2003-01-03). "We get racy with Stacy". The Sun. Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
  29. ↑ Oppliger, Patrice A. (2003). Wrestling and Hypermasculinity. McFarland. pp. pp. 112. ISBN 0786416920. 
  30. ↑ "Raw Results: December 23, 2002". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2007-07-28.
  31. ↑ "Raw Results: June 2, 2003". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2007-07-28.
  32. ↑ "2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts", Wrestling’s historical cards, Kappa Publishing, p. 113. 
  33. ↑ "Raw Results: June 30, 2003". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2007-07-28.
  34. ↑ Martin, Finn (2003-10-22). "Power Slam Magazine, issue 112", Boldberg grabs gold (Unforgiven 2003), SW Publishing, pp. 22-23. 
  35. ↑ "Raw Results: September 22, 2003". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2007-07-28.
  36. ↑ "Raw Results: December 1, 2003". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2007-07-28.
  37. ↑ Powell, John (204-01-27). "'WWE Originals' is just noise pollution". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved on 2008-04-03.
  38. ↑ "Raw Results: January 27, 2004". Lords of Pain (2004-01-27). Retrieved on 2007-07-28.
  39. ↑ 39.0 39.1 39.2 "2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts", Wrestling’s historical cards, Kappa Publishing, pp. 115-116. 
  40. ↑ Waldman, Jon and Russ Cohen (2005-03-10). "Keibler excited about her figure". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
  41. ↑ "Raw Results:March 21, 2005". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2007-07-28.
  42. ↑ "Raw Results: August 15, 2005". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2007-07-28.
  43. ↑ "SmackDown Results: August 25, 2005". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2007-06-28.
  44. ↑ "SmackDown Results: October 28, 2005". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2007-07-28.
  45. ↑ 45.0 45.1 45.2 45.3 Madigan, T.J. (2006-03-11). "Keibler dances to further fame". Calgary Sun. Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
  46. ↑ 46.0 46.1 "Hot 100: Stacy Keibler". Maxim (2007). Retrieved on 2008-03-01.
  47. ↑ 47.0 47.1 47.2 47.3 47.4 Goldman, Eric (2007-02-02). "Interview: Stacy Keibler". IGN. Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
  48. ↑ "Stacy Keibler's Profile". Official Women of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2007-07-28.
  49. ↑ "Triple H Hits The Bride (Video)". MTV.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-28.
  50. ↑ "Stacy Keibler: Filmography". New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
  51. ↑ Eck, Kevin (2007-10-20). "Q&A: Stacy Keibler". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
  52. ↑ Pennington, Gail (2008-03-10). "Critic's TV picks: 'October Road' reaches an end". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
  53. ↑ 53.0 53.1 "100 Sexiest Women List: Stacy Keibler #64". FHM Online (April 2008). Retrieved on 2008-04-24.
  54. ↑ "Stacy Keibler - as Karen on Samurai Girl". Abcfamily.go.com. Retrieved on 2008-10-27.
  55. ↑ "World's Hottest Athlete Contest". InGameNow. Retrieved on 2008-11-1.
  56. ↑ "Stacy Keibler Crowned World's Hottest Athlete". InGameNow. Retrieved on 2008-11-23.
  57. ↑ 57.0 57.1 57.2 57.3 "Stacy Keibler Suffers Seizure". Access Hollywood (2006-05-19). Archived from the original on 2007-01-03. Retrieved on 2007-06-28.
  58. ↑ "Are Stacy Keibler and Nick Lachey the New Mark Cuban?". SportsFan Magazine (2006-08-29). Retrieved on 2007-07-28.
  59. ↑ Ed Williams III (2005-05-15). "The Babe of the Year is back in front of the camera". WWE.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-28.

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NAME Keibler, Stacy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION professional wrestler, dancer, actress
DATE OF BIRTH October 14, 1979 (1979-10-14) (age 30)
PLACE OF BIRTH Baltimore, Maryland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH