Leon Allen White better known by his ring names Big Van Vader or Vader, is an American semi-retired professional wrestler. White is best known for his time with World Championship Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation, New Japan Pro Wrestling, and All Japan Pro Wrestling in the 1990s. A super heavyweight wrestler capable of aerial maneuvers such as the moonsault, White competed as both a face and a heel. Among other accolades in WCW, he held the WCW World Heavyweight Championship three times and the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship once, and won the battle royal main event of the 1993 Battlebowl pay-per-view. Although he never held a title in the WWF, White challenged for the WWF Championship multiple times on pay-per-view and television, and is a 1996 Slammy Award winner. White was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 1996. 

May 14th, 1955 in Lynwood  /  Died:   Jun 18th, 2018 - aged 63