1. Ernie Roth was inducted into the WWF Hall of Fame in 1995.
12 Facts About Ernie Roth
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Ernie Roth got his start in the entertainment business as a disc jockey.
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Ernie Roth was discovered by Jim Barnett who helped Roth get into the wrestling industry.
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Ernie Roth became involved in professional wrestling as a manager in the 1960s in Detroit-based territories.
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Ernie Roth portrayed "Abdullah Farouk", the heel manager of The Sheik.
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Ernie Roth frequently appeared on the Toronto and Detroit wrestling circuit, where local announcer Lord Athol Layton would usually refer to him as "The weasel, Abdullah Farouk".
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Ernie Roth began a stint with the World Wide Wrestling Federation in the 1970s, where he became known as The Grand Wizard.
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Ernie Roth, who was Jewish, reportedly took the name "The Grand Wizard" as a snub to the white supremacy organization the Ku Klux Klan, whose leaders were called Grand Wizard.
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Ernie Roth was the godfather of protege Don Muraco's daughter.
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Ernie Roth's parents were Evrum Roth and Rizel Stern.
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On October 12,1983, Ernie Roth died of a heart attack at his Fort Lauderdale, Florida home at the age of 57.
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In 1995, Ernie Roth was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame class of 1995 by his friend and protege Sgt.