It was announced on Instagram that former WWE and WCW star Butch Reed has passed away at the age of 66 after reportedly suffering two heart attacks. The following was posted:
To everyone who reached out god bless you. Today we lost a great man. Due to heart complications Bruce ‘Butch’ Reed passed away. Butch is in heaven now with the wrestling god’s. I am sure he is already booked for a Heavyweight Championship match. Once again thank you for all the prayers. We will keep this page going in his memory. For funeral arrangements send me a dm for information if you would like to attend. God bless everyone and god bless in heaven ‘Hacksaw Butch Reed’ ????
While in WWE, Reed competed at Wrestlemania 3 and Wrestlemania 4. In WCW, Reed teamed up with Ron Simmons as the tag team Doom and they captured the tag team titles in 1990.
