Does anyone know Superfly Jimmy Snuka?

[Nancy5]

I used to live in Allentown PA and in the 70's and 80's he was a star of wrestling.  I've never seen him, could care less about wrestling, but he was appearing in Allentown in 1983. No one really knows what happened but his 23 year old girlfriend, Nancy Argentino was found dead in their hotel room.  He was accused, but never found guilty.  Anyway, last year the grand jury opened the case and was going to bring him to trial.  (He is now in his 70's).  He returned to Allentown 2 weeks ago but the judge found him incompetent to stand trial.  He also had stomach cancer and 6 months to live.  He passed away yesterday.  I guess they will never really find out what happened to her.

[gaylasue]

I recognized the name but didn't know much about him.  I just read about his death and that he was going to be tried for the murder of his girlfriend that happened many years ago but he was already dying from cancer so the judge dismissed it.

[sak4kat]

I had never heard of the guy before until I saw in Bing headlines that Dwayne (THE ROCK) was playing a tribute to him.  I'm not a wrestling fan... never was. So I didn't know anything about the history of the guy. 

[wilberk]

No i never have heard of him but that is a really interesting story. I wonder what the truth is, sad that we may never know.

[sfreeman8]

Yes, I knew him through wrestling when I was a lot younger and watched him all the time in matches. Thought he was cute back then.

[UGetPaid]

When I was a kid, I loved wrestling and watched it any time that I could.  Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka was one of my favorites.  I eventually grew out of it, but I always loved to watch him climb the ropes to execute his signature move!  I'd never heard the story about his dead girlfriend until recently.  He was generally a good guy wrestler, but there is so much acting and role playing involved (that I didn't know about as a kid) - who knows what these people are like in real life. And with all of the steroids that there were on back in the day, who knows what sort of roid-rage incidents they were guilty of?


How many lives were ruined, shortened, or ended all because of entertainment?

[snuggleycutejc]

Watch tonight, 01/16/2017, Monday, see if he gets a mention on the show. rip superfly  Well I watched the show and they gave him a positive send off. It was at 9:20 pm.

[BATISTAGIRL663]

i had heard that story --i watch wrestling on and off and his daughter is wrestling on wwe --sending prayers to the family and friends !

[natashaspy]

I used to watch him wrestle as a little girl.  Really is sad that he's gone, but I have no idea whether he was guilty or not.  I like to think if he was guilty, God will handle it now...

[kimber62372]

Oh wow, I didn't know he passed away this week. I know that he lived in NJ not too far from where I live. I think that this was his hell...living with knowing he killed her and developing stomach cancer and dying the way he did. This was his punishment but how could they not find a killer is beyond me!

[yaayme]

Never heard of him until today.

[yikes77]

I did remember him from way back when due to his wrestling name.  Never knew about the alleged murder though.

[mgint]

watched on wwf jump off top rope

[aggie49]

he was one of the greats he will be missed

[dwiley11]

he was aided up then and killed her