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By Madhuri Dey
Aug 14, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Lance McNaught who is better known by fans of World Wrestling Entertainment as Lance Cade died on Thursday night at his father’s home in San Antonio, Texas. The news of the death of the former WWE wrestler was confirmed to media sources by the World Wrestling Entertainment Company on Friday which mentioned that it was informed of the sad demise of Lance Cade by his father. Although the exact cause of the death of Lance Cade can only be ascertained after the arrival of the autopsy report which is still awaited, the company mentioned in its statement that the death of Lance Cade was caused by heart failure.

Lance McNaught had shared a long on-and-off tenure with the World Wrestling Entertainment and during his wrestling career he had faced many ups and downs. He was signed by the WWE back in 2000 reportedly and performed under the name of Lance Cade. He was released from the contract in October 2008 and returned to FCW, the developmental territory of WWE in September 2009. However the wrestler stayed for a short period and was released in April 2010. The World Wrestling Entertainment on Friday extended its “deepest condolences to the [Lance] McNaught family”. Apart from the official condolence message of the World Wrestling Entertainment, there were many well known veteran wrestlers who sent their condolence messages to the family of the deceased.

Reports claimed that Lance Cade was scheduled to leave for a pro wrestling tour to Japan with his family that consists of his wife Tanya McNaught, two daughters and one stepson on Saturday. He was also scheduled to attend an August 29 show at Sumo Hall, Tokyo.