Who Is Luna Vachon? All About Her Husband, Kids And Net Worth Plus How Did She Die?

Luna Vachon was a fierce and fearless woman who had a great and impactful carrier in the wrestling industry but her life and career generally did not sail smoothly for it was cut short by bad decisions and an unhealthy lifestyle. 

The story of her truly incredible rise to prominence and her exploits in the wrestling is truly worth reading. Her career spanned over 22 years and during this time, she charmed the world of wrestling with her grit and charisma. Find out all about her life and career below.

Luna Vachon’s Early Life 

Luna Vachon, whose birth name is actually Gertrude Elizabeth Vachon, was born on the 12th of January1962 in Montreal, Canada.  She was born into a wrestling family. Luna’s family, the Vachon family is a French-Canadian family that has long associated with professional wrestling in Canada and the United States. It was only natural for Luna Vachon to adopt the family tradition and go into wrestling.

As a child, Luna Vachon used to attend some wrestling events where she play in the ring and this often resulted in training with various World Wide Wrestling Federation stars. However, even though she showed interest in wrestling from an early age, her family objected to her entering the wrestling business and tried to dissuade her. This was because they considered wrestling at that time to be too harsh for a female. However, Luna Vachon was adamant on doing her thing.

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Her Exploits In The Wrestling World

Luna Vachon began training at the age of 16 with her aunt Vivian and the fabulous Moolah before beginning her career in full in 1985. Her first on-screen role was as a TV reporter named Trudy Herd who was in Florida to interview FCW wrestler Kevin Sullivan. Sullivan instead brainwashed her into becoming “Luna”, a cultist in his “army of darkness” resulting in her uncommon makeover and trademark static voice.

She was teamed with a famous wrestler, The Lock thereby forming the Daughters of Darkness team, a part of Sullivan’s Army. When the team broke up, she moved around an independent circle as a manager forming the aptly named Blackhearts, Apocalypse (with David Heath) & destruction (W/rom wash) She made her PPV debut in the street fight lingerie battle royal at the AWA’s super cash III. 

She made a surprise debut at wrestle mania IX, first seen in Shawn Michaels’ corner during his match with Tatanka. She, later on, had a feud with  ‘scary’ Sherri Martel and Alandra Blayze also known as ‘Medusa’. In 1995, she made another surprise debut at the end of ECW siding with Tommy Dreamer in his feud with Raven. They teamed up against Raven and Stevie Richards to challenge for the ECW World tag team titles but was unsuccessful although two weeks later Luna defeated Richard’s in a cage match at heatwave. 

Luna disappeared from TV for a little while and in 1998, she came back strong as ‘princess Luna’ of the oddities. Along the way, Luna was difficult and uncontrollable to work with, and having a series of fights backstage and everywhere she was released for good in 2000. 

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Luna Vachon’s Life After Wrestling

Luna Vachon tried to live a quiet life after wrestling. She gave her life to Christ in 2004 after attending an Athletes international ministry conference. She was baptized by a fellow wrestler, Nikita Kollof along with her husband David Hearth. She also worked as a tow truck operator in Florida. 

In the year 2009, in April, Luna was honored at the 44th annual cauliflower Alley club and was given the “Ladies Wrestling Award” in Las Vegas, Nevada. One of her favorite memories about wrestling was being able to meet and visit children as part of her foundation called, ‘make a wish’. 

In December 2009, Luna’s house was ravaged by fire. She lost all her possessions including her wrestling-related memorabilia. After the disaster, she lived in her mother’s home and in February, went on a cruise with her father and his third wife. The fire incident prompted calls from well-meaning wrestling colleagues and fans who went to the extent of mailing Luna-related memorabilia to her post office box.

She was later offered a job in TWA to manage Tommy Dreamer at the Hardcore Justice pay per view in August of 2010, but Luna turned it down saying she was retired. 

Inside Her Love Life

Interestingly, Luna Vachon was married three times. Her first marriage was to Dan Hurd. She had two sons for him before eventually breaking up with the man. After this, she moved on and married her childhood friend, Tom Nash.

Eventually, she and Tom Nash split up and she later met and married David Heath also known as ‘Gangrel‘. They got married on October 31st, 1994. 

Who Are Her Kids? 

Luna had two Sons with her first husband Dan Hurd. They are Joshua, born in 1980, and Van, born in 1982. Van was one of the contestants in a reality cooking show called Hell’s Kitchen in the sixth and seventh seasons.

She also had two stepsons from her third husband. David Jnr and Donovan. 

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How Luna Vachon Died 

Luna became addicted to medication and was sent to rehab in 2009 which was paid for by WWE and she actually completed it. She was also diagnosed with bipolar disorder. On the 27th of August 2010, Luna was found dead at the age of 48 by her mother in their home. The district six medical examiner’s office in Florida confirmed she died of a drug overdose.

The drugs appeared to be oxycodone and benzodiazepine. Investigators found residue of the drugs in her apartment. She was cremated after her death and her ashes were scattered at a ranch in North Carolina. 

How Much Was She Worth? 

Luna Vashon had a good carrier at WWE even though it was short. Her net worth at the time of her passing was estimated to be between $1 and $2 million 

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