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Martha Joan Hart née Patterson (born October 31, 1966) [citation needed] is the widow of the late professional wrestler Owen Hart, who died in May 1999.[1]

Personal life

She met Owen in 1982 when she and a friend went to one of his fathers wrestling events. She has stated stated that she and Owen knew that it was love at first sight and their relationship was a dream come true. They married on July 1 1989. She and Owen had 2 children: Oje Edward Hart (born March 5 1992) and Athena Christie Hart (born September 23 1995). She was seen at SummerSlam 1994, with her son Oje, sitting behind Stu and Helen Hart. She also attended the 1996 and 1997 Slammy Awards with Owen, and was at the WWF Canadian Stampede in 1997 with the rest of the Hart family. In 2007 it was stated that she was living in Cambridge, England with her daughter, Athena to finish her study for get a Masters Degree, for Psycology, while her son Oje stayed in Canada. In her sister in-law's book it states that Martha is Jewish, but does not like to state that fact.

Book

In 2002, she wrote a book entitled Broken Harts: The Life and Death of Owen Hart, which is about their life together from when they met, and the life they created for their 2 children.

Lawsuits

Martha Hart settled her wrongful death lawsuit against the World Wrestling Federation for approximately $18 million.[2] She used the funds to establish the Owen Hart Foundation.[3] She has managed the foundation since 1999.[1] Some of the money also went into trust funds for her children.[4] After the lawsuit, Martha separated herself from the majority of the Hart family.[4] She cites Bret, Keith, Stu, and Helen Hart as the only Hart family members who sided with her during the battle.[4] She criticised those family members who continued to work for the WWF.[4]

There is real-life tension between Martha and her sister-in-law Diana Hart-Smith.[1] Martha sued Diana for 19 million dollars and claims that Diana's book, Under the Mat: Inside Wrestling's Greatest Family, is both slanderous and libelous, and had it removed from markets, and everywhere books are sold.[1]

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Owen Hart Foundation

In December of 2000, she announced the opening of the Owen Hart Foundation which is a Foundation/Charity to help children get College Scholarships, that have special needs. Every May she hosts a Charity Foundation with a guest star, in recent years, guest stars have included Howie Mandel, and Bill Cosby.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Greg Oliver (November 20, 2001). "Martha Hart sues Diana over book". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-06-18.
  2. ^ AP-Reuters (November 9, 2000). "Legal victory bittersweet: Martha Hart". Slam! Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-04-07. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ Chris Gerritsen. "Martha Hart forges ahead with Owen Hart Foundation". Retrieved 2007-04-07.
  4. ^ a b c d Eric Francis (November 8, 2000). "Hart family feud: With WWF suit settled, dead wrestler's [[widow]] lashes out at in-laws". Calgary Sun. Retrieved 2007-06-18. {{cite web}}: URL–wikilink conflict (help)

References

Books

  • Hart, Martha (2004). Broken Harts: The Life and Death of Owen Hart. M. Evans and Company, Inc. ISBN 978-1590770368.
  • Shaun Assael and Mike Mooneyham (2002). Sex, Lies, and Headlocks: The Real Story of Vince McMahon and World Wrestling Entertainment. Crown. p. 258. ISBN 1400051436.
  • Diana Hart (2001). Under the Mat: Inside Wrestling's Greatest Family. Fenn. p. 200. ISBN 1551682567.

Articles

Radio

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