Jimmy Snuka, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jimmy Snuka

Fijian professional wrestler

Date of Birth: 18-May-1943

Place of Birth: Fiji

Date of Death: 15-Jan-2017

Profession: professional wrestler

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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James Reiher Snuka (born James Wiley Smith; May 18, 1943 – January 15, 2017) was a Fijian professional wrestler.
He is better known by the ring name Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka. Snuka wrestled for several promotions from the 1970s to 2010s.
He was best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in the 1980s and was credited with introducing the high-flying style of wrestling to the WWF.
He was inducted into the WWF Hall of Fame in 1996.
Snuka was the inaugural ECW World Heavyweight Champion (a title he held twice) in Eastern Championship Wrestling (later Extreme Championship Wrestling).
His children, Sim Snuka and Tamina Snuka are wrestlers and grew up to both get signed by WWE. Snuka was indicted and arrested in September 2015 on third-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter charges, in relation to the May 1983 death of his girlfriend, Nancy Argentino.
Snuka pleaded not guilty, but was ultimately found unfit to stand trial in June 2016 due to being diagnosed with dementia.
As his health declined, the charges were dismissed on January 3, 2017.
Snuka died twelve days later at the age of 73.