Jim Herd, former head of WCW who famously fired Ric Flair, dead at 87

Source: New York Post

Former World Championship Wrestling boss Jim Herd died at the age of 87. The news of Herd’s death, which occurred in October, was first reported by Conrad Thompson in a column for Yahoo Sports.   Herd was named Executive Vice President of WCW after Ted Turner acquired Jim Crockett Promotions in 1988 and held the post until he resigned in 1992.