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Valentino “Big Val” Puccio passed away yesterday at the age of 45. No cause of death is immediately available, but Puccio had been battling obesity for years and was even shown on the reality program Inside the Brookhaven Obesity Clinic for TLC.
Puccio competed for ECW back in 1995, as a monster heel against Mikey Whipwreck and others. On behalf of all of us here on the website, our condolences to the friends, family and fans of Big Val.
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