Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameMichael LEBELL
, 4C1R
, 4C1RBirth1 Jul 1930, Los Angeles, California
Death24 Nov 2009, Los Angeles, California
OccupationProfessional Wrestling And Boxing Promoter
FatherMaurice LEBELL (1903-1941)
MotherAileen GOLDSTEIN (1909-1987)
Spouses
Birth4 Dec 1930, Kansas City, Missouri
Death12 Nov 2013, Chico, Butte County, California
ChildrenMelissa Margaret (1952-1989)
Notes for Michael LEBELL
Professional wrestling and boxing promoter
1950 US Census
534 Fuller, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Head Michael LeBell, age 20, born California, television operator film studio
Brother Gene LeBell, age 17, born California
Los Angeles Times December 3 2009
Passings
Mike LeBell
Wrestling promoter
Mike LeBell, 79, a longtime and highly successful promoter of wrestling at the Olympic Auditorium, died Nov. 24 at his Los Angeles home. He had cancer, said Jeff Walton, a former wrestling publicist.
In 1971, LeBell became one of the first North American wrestling promoters to use closed-circuit television to broadcast sold-out matches when he aired a live faceoff at the Olympic between Don Carson and John Tolos at two downtown theaters.
“These people live and die wrestling,” LeBell told The Times after his initial closed-circuit broadcast sold out. “If we told them there was going to be wrestling at 4 o’clock in the morning, they’d be here.”
From the mid-1960s until 1982, LeBell promoted wrestling cards at the Olympic, his showcase arena. He also staged wrestling matches at other Southern California venues.
His mother, Aileen Eaton, was the boxing promoter at the Olympic from 1942 to 1980. His stepfather, Carl Eaton, was also a major boxing promoter. His brother, Gene, wrestled and is a Hollywood stuntman.
A Los Angeles native, LeBell was born in 1930, one of two sons of Maurice LeBell, an osteopath who died in 1941 after a swimming accident.
After graduating from USC, Mike LeBell became the box office manager and treasurer for his mother at the Olympic.
Her weekly boxing shows grossed close to $1 million a year in the late 1960s, and her wrestling shows, directed by LeBell, did “even better,” Sports Illustrated reported in 1967.
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Michael “Mike” LeBell
Birth 1 Jul 1930, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Death 24 Nov 2009 (aged 79), Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial Hollywood Forever
Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Memorial ID 10131717
1950 US Census
534 Fuller, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Head Michael LeBell, age 20, born California, television operator film studio
Brother Gene LeBell, age 17, born California
Los Angeles Times December 3 2009
Passings
Mike LeBell
Wrestling promoter
Mike LeBell, 79, a longtime and highly successful promoter of wrestling at the Olympic Auditorium, died Nov. 24 at his Los Angeles home. He had cancer, said Jeff Walton, a former wrestling publicist.
In 1971, LeBell became one of the first North American wrestling promoters to use closed-circuit television to broadcast sold-out matches when he aired a live faceoff at the Olympic between Don Carson and John Tolos at two downtown theaters.
“These people live and die wrestling,” LeBell told The Times after his initial closed-circuit broadcast sold out. “If we told them there was going to be wrestling at 4 o’clock in the morning, they’d be here.”
From the mid-1960s until 1982, LeBell promoted wrestling cards at the Olympic, his showcase arena. He also staged wrestling matches at other Southern California venues.
His mother, Aileen Eaton, was the boxing promoter at the Olympic from 1942 to 1980. His stepfather, Carl Eaton, was also a major boxing promoter. His brother, Gene, wrestled and is a Hollywood stuntman.
A Los Angeles native, LeBell was born in 1930, one of two sons of Maurice LeBell, an osteopath who died in 1941 after a swimming accident.
After graduating from USC, Mike LeBell became the box office manager and treasurer for his mother at the Olympic.
Her weekly boxing shows grossed close to $1 million a year in the late 1960s, and her wrestling shows, directed by LeBell, did “even better,” Sports Illustrated reported in 1967.
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Michael “Mike” LeBell
Birth 1 Jul 1930, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Death 24 Nov 2009 (aged 79), Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial Hollywood Forever
Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Memorial ID 10131717
Notes for Margaret Jean (Spouse 1)
Full name, birth date and location and death date and location from the Levy Family Tree at Ancestry by Michael Levy