Chyna’s Manager Is 98 Percent Sure the Former WWE Wrestler Died of Accidental Overdose

He believes she may have died two or three days prior to his finding of her, due to a clouded memory that led her to take more of a dose than realized.

In this Nov. 16, 2003 file photo, Joanie Laurer, former pro wrestler known as Chyna, flexes her bicep as she arrives at the 31st annual American Music Awards, in Los Angeles. AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File

Anthony Anzaldo, Chyna’s manager and longtime friend, says the ex-WWE star died of an accidental overdose of her prescription sleeping aid and a tranquilizer. 

Anzaldo discovered 46-year-old Chyna, whose birth name was Joan Marie Laurer, dead in her Redondo Beach, California, apartment on April 20.

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