Former WWE champion Bray Wyatt dead unexpectedly at 36

Bray Wyatt, a star professional wrestler in WWE, has died unexpectedly.

He was 36 years old.

The news was announced by WWE’s head of creative, Paul “Triple H” Levesque.

“Just received a call from WWE Hall of Famer Mike Rotunda who informed us of the tragic news that our WWE family member for life Windham Rotunda – also known as Bray Wyatt – unexpectedly passed earlier today,” Triple H tweeted Thursday.

“Our thoughts are with his family and we ask that everyone respect their privacy at this time.”

A cause of death was not immediately announced.

Wyatt held the WWE championship once and the promotion’s Universal championship twice.