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Michael Jones, Known as WWF's Virgil, Dead at 61

Michael Jones had a run with both WWF and WCW as a bodyguard for Ted DiBiase.

Michael Jones, who was best known as Ted DiBiase's bodyguard Virgil in WWF in the late 1980s and early 1990s, has died at age 61. Jones trained with Afa of the Wild Samoans in 1985 after meeting wrestling star Tony Atlas at a gym. Jones would have his first WWF match the following year but debuted in his most iconic role in 1987 when he was introduced as Virgil, serving as a bodyguard for "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase.

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