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PWInsider.com is sad to report the passing of Kat LeRoux, who worked for Jim Crockett Promotions and WCW in the 1980s and early 1990s. The circumstances of LeRoux's passing are not yet known but she had been dealing with health issues related to her liver. Her passing was first announced by female star Brittany Brown on social media.
LeRoux broke into the business in 1986, training at Killer Kowalski's wrestling school in Massachusets, where she linked up with Misty Blue Simmes and portrayed a regular heel foil for Simmes in singles and tag team matches all over the United States. The two were initially a team before LeRoux turned on her and became a regular partner for Linda Dallas and Mad Dog Debbie as they traveled the independent scene in the Northeast at the time, working for the Savoldi family and a number of other promotions, including Kowalski's IWF.
In 1987, LeRoux, Simmes and several other women were brought in by Jim Crockett Promotions to work the undercard of the Great American Bash tour with LeRoux often challenging Simmes, who was billed as the NWA United States Women's Champion. The run ended in 1988, leading to the duo returning to their former stomping grounds, including appearances in the Tri-State Wrestling Alliance.
In Tor Bergs' LPWA promotion, LeRoux was billed as Nasty Kat as one half of the Nasty Girls tag team with Linda Dallas, playing off the title of a Janet Jackson song. The team continued on, under that name, on independents after the LPWA became defunct. The team worked a series of WCW live events in 1991, of course facing Misty Blue Simmes and different partners.
Although billed from New Orleans, LeRoux was actually from New England. She continued to perform until the mid-1990s before quietly retiring.
Everyone at PWInsider.com expresses our deepest condolences to the family, friends and fans of Kat LeRoux.
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