Billy Two Rivers, retired Mohawk wrestler and politician, dies at 87 | 24CA News
Billy Two Rivers, a retired Mohawk wrestler, politician and activist, has died at 87.
The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake introduced his loss of life in an announcement printed Monday.
Two Rivers rose to fame as a wrestler within the Fifties, and spent almost 1 / 4 of a century within the ring earlier than he turned to politics.
He was first elected to Kahnawake council in 1978 and served 10 consecutive phrases, the place the council mentioned he was an influential chief throughout the Oka disaster of 1990.
The council says Two Rivers stayed energetic in in his later years, performing in a number of films and TV exhibits and remaining a distinguished advocate for the promotion of the Mohawk language.
In 2017, he reached an settlement to settle a lawsuit towards singer Van Morrison, whom Two Rivers had accused of utilizing his photograph on an album cowl with out permission.
