Once the funeral was over, the Giant decided to stick around for a while to visit with family, plus his mom had a birthday coming up on the 24 th and he wanted to stay for the celebration.

André the Giant died while visiting France for his father’s funeral. He was at the heart of the establishment of the WWE Hall Of Fame. André inspired the movie My Giant .

Andre passed away at the age of 46 on January 28, 1993, due to congestive heart failure in his sleep. He was in Paris at the time of his death to attend the funeral of his father, who died shortly ...