Wrestling icon Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka — who just dodged a 𝔍murder rap because of his de꧙clining mental and physical condition — died Sunday after a battle with cancer, loved ones said.
Snuka’s daughter, Sarona, a professional wrestler who goes by Tamina Snuka, of her holding her dying da✱d’s hand as she annouꦉnced his death.
Jimmy Snuka was 73.
His lawyer, Robert Kirwan, said the wrestler died at 1 p.m. at his son-in-law’s home near Pompanoꦐ Beach, Fla.
“He’s battled various medical ailments for over a year and half,” Kirwan in Lehigh County, Pa., where Snuka had faced murder charges in the ꦿdeath of a onetime gal pal.
“He’s at rest, and he is at peace,’’ Kirwan said.
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, a pro-wrestling star before becoming a bankable Hollywood leading man, “#RIPSuperfly” and “Alofa atꦏu i le aiga atoa” to Snuka’s grieving relatives — Samoan for, “Love the whole family.’’ Johnson is half Samoan, and Snuka was from Fiji, where some residents are of Samoan descent.
Fellow wrestling legend Hulk Hogan : “RIP Superfly. Only love♕ HH.”
Semi-retired wrestler Diamond Dallas Page : “Sad day today with the passing of The one & only #SuperFlyJimmySnuka #Rip my brother … Always Loved The SuperFly!”
Snuka was born James Wiley Smith on May 18, 1943.
His “Superfly” persona was built on his breath-taking leaps from the wrestling ring’s ropes๊ and onto opponents.
He was i෴nducted into the World Wrestling Entertainmen🐠t’s Hall of Fame in 1996.
Snuka’s death came just two weeks after a Pennsylvania judge dismissed murder charges against him stemming from the 1983 fatal beating of his the🔥n-girlfriend, Nancy Argentino.
He was charged in Septe🌄mber 2015 with third-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter in the case.
Prosecutors alle🐎ged that she was ❀killed by the wrestler inside a Whitehall Township hotel room, while he insisted that Argentino died from a fall.
Lehigh County Judge Kelly Banach ruled Jan. 3 that the cancer-stricken Snuka, who also suffered from dementia, was nꦫot competent to🐬 stand trial.