Herbert Charles Abrams was born on July 9,1955, in Queens, New York, the oldest child of Sonia and Abram Abrams.
20 Facts About Herb Abrams
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Herb Abrams's father was a contract salesman of women's dresses who employed 42 workers at his Manhattan office as of 1949.
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Herb Abrams attended William Cullen Bryant High School in Long Island City, New York.
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In 1976, Abrams approached photographer Bill Apter while he was shooting Superstar Billy Graham on the streets of New York.
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Herb Abrams told Apter to spread word that any wrestlers who made an appearance at his father's clothing store in Flushing, Queens, would be allowed to take dresses for their wives as compensation.
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Herb Abrams moved to Los Angeles and started his first business, Network '9' Limited in 1983.
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Herb Abrams later started a chain of plus-size clothing stores for women called I'm a Big Girl Now in 1988.
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Herb Abrams was married in 1989, and his father died that same year at the age of 64.
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Herb Abrams founded the Universal Wrestling Federation in 1990, receiving $1 million from SportsChannel America to produce the weekly television program UWF Fury Hour.
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Herb Abrams responded: "What they're looking for, I have, and that's the Hollywood glitz".
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Herb Abrams ran his first television tapings at Reseda Country Club in Reseda, California, that fall; the venue's owners would later sue Herb Abrams for money owed.
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Herb Abrams soon gained a reputation for chronically failing to pay venue owners, and even his own wrestlers.
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Herb Abrams was replaced on commentary by Craig DeGeorge, but stayed on-screen as an interviewer.
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In 1994, coming off a divorce, Herb Abrams made one final, grand attempt to make an impact in professional wrestling: the television special UWF Blackjack Brawl, broadcast live from Las Vegas, Nevada's MGM Grand Arena.
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Herb Abrams moved back to New York City soon afterward to care for his ailing mother, and never promoted another UWF event.
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Herb Abrams died on July 23,1996, at St Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan, New York of a heart attack while in police custody.
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Herb Abrams' autopsy showed he had cocaine and valium in his system when he died.
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Herb Abrams was buried in New Montefiore Cemetery in West Babylon, New York.
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Herb Abrams' ex-girlfriend said that during the last few years of his life, he had experienced paranoia when high on cocaine.
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Allegedly, Herb Abrams owed various people money, and insisted on destroying furniture to find non-existent "bugging devices" he believed were secretly recording him.