Overview

• Book Pro Wrestlers and wrestling veteran Leilani Kai confirmed Horne’s death on Sunday, Oct. 19, after an extended hospital stay in Texas.
• Reports from industry contacts and family updates said he was treated in the ICU for pneumonia and a severe blood infection that led to septic shock.
• Horne was best known as Sir Mo in Men on a Mission with Mabel, briefly capturing the WWF tag titles during a 1994 U.K. tour.
• After leaving WWE, he promoted and mentored talent through SOAR Championship Wrestling in Dallas alongside his wife, Denise Jones.
• Coverage notes long-term health struggles, including a 2018 transplant reported as either liver or kidney and a 2022 ICU hospitalization for COVID-19, as peers shared tributes on Monday.