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Ed Farhat

American professional wrestler (1926–2003)

PersonDied aged 78humanQ783592

Also known as The Sheik · The Original Sheik

Born: June 9, 1924
, June 7, 1926
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Died: January 18, 2003
Birthplace: Lansing
Place of death: Williamston
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: professional wrestler(1949–1998)
Height: 180 cm

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Edward George Farhat was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name The Sheik. In wrestling, Farhat, whose career debuted in 1947, is credited as one of the originators of the hardcore style, is also retroactively called The Original Sheik, mostly to distinguish him from the similarly named Iron Sheik who debuted in 1972.

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