{"id":326677,"date":"2026-04-30T04:32:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T23:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=326677"},"modified":"2026-04-30T04:32:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T23:02:58","slug":"wwe-fan-who-went-missing-during-mania-weekend-found-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/30\/wwe-fan-who-went-missing-during-mania-weekend-found-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Fan Who Went Missing During &#8216;Mania Weekend Found Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A wrestling fan who went missing after traveling to Las Vegas to attend WrestleMania 42 earlier this month has been found dead.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Marc Izard<\/strong> died on April 18, his sister <strong>Kelly<\/strong> revealed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/1XAKaBnq1W\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via Facebook<\/a> on Tuesday, April 28. He was 43.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cHe passed away quickly from natural causes related to his underlying medical conditions,\u201d Kelly wrote. \u201cAlthough we&#8217;re obviously devestated [sic] at our loss, we&#8217;re at some comfort knowing he passed doing what he loved a lot.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Clark County coroner\u2019s office confirmed the death to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/local\/local-las-vegas\/man-last-seen-in-las-vegas-for-wwe-event-found-dead-3793582\/#selection-2569.25-2569.40\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/i><\/a> on Monday, April 27, saying the cause and manner are still pending.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Izard\u2019s body was present in the 1730 block of Las Vegas Boulevard South, roughly a half mile from The Strat Hotel and Casino.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Based on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PerchedTopRope\/status\/2048063575231521272?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a social media post<\/a>, Izard was last seen leaving WWE SmackDown at Las Vegas\u2019 T-Mobile Arena while using a walking stick on April 17.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Izard, a longtime pro wrestling fan, had traveled from his home within the U.K. to attend WrestleMania weekend. WrestleMania took place on April 18 and 19 at Allegiant Stadium.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe&#8217;re working on bringing his body home to say a correct goodbye, and we are going to after all ensure that his absoulete [sic] love of wrestling is honoured at his funeral,\u201d his sister wrote. \u201cWe would like to say a masisve [sic] thanks to everyone that knew marc each personally, and his wider wrestling family for his or her huge help and support over the past week in helping us trying to seek out him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/help-bring-marc-izard-home-to-the-uk-a-true-wrestling-fan?modal=donations&#038;tab=top\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GoFundMe<\/a> organized in Izard\u2019s honor said his life was \u201cdefined by his passion for the ring.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWhether it was supporting local independent promotions or traveling for the \u2018Grandest Stage of Them All,\u2019 Marc lived for the energy, the stories, and the idols he met along the way in which,\u201d the page reads.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have got successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The GoFundMe features photos of Izard posing with pro wrestling legends from over time, including <strong>John Cena<\/strong>, <strong>The Undertaker<\/strong> and <strong>Hulk Hogan<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cMarc passed away removed from home,\u201d the fundraiser explains. \u201cAs a family, our priority is to bring him back so we may give him the send-off he deserves, surrounded by the individuals who loved him. Nonetheless, the prices related to international repatriation and funeral arrangements are overwhelming. We&#8217;re reaching out to the wrestling community \u2014 the \u2018Wrestling Family\u2019 that Marc loved a lot \u2014 and to anyone who knew him, to assist us bring him home.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">The GoFundMe had raised over $16,000 on the time of this story\u2019s publication.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A wrestling fan who went missing after traveling to Las Vegas to attend WrestleMania 42 earlier this month has been found dead.\u00a0 Marc Izard died on April 18, his sister Kelly revealed via Facebook on Tuesday, April 28. He was 43. \u201cHe passed away quickly from natural causes related to his underlying medical conditions,\u201d Kelly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":326678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337],"tags":[1436,2008,23437,3417,3047,6221],"class_list":["post-326677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-dead","tag-fan","tag-mania","tag-missing","tag-weekend","tag-wwe"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326677"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":326680,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326677\/revisions\/326680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}