Lord James Blears passes away

Via Les Thatcher’s Facebook page:

Lord James Blears was one of the first big stars I watched on the 10 inch black & white screen of my childhood, & one of the first I saw live at Music Hall here in Cincinnati. I was honored to have shaken his hand on the one & only time I met him years later. A true pioneer of our business at the beginning of the television era. My condolences to the family. God bless

Lord James Blears has passed away.
His Lordship held the WWA International TV tag belts with Lord Layton, Joe Pazandak, and
Nick Bockwinkel.
The NWA Pacific Coast tag belts with Lord Layton and the NWA World tag titles with Gene Kiniski and Ben Sharpe.