19 Things We Learned From Nancy Benoit's Sister On Talk Is Jericho

12. A State Of Perpetual Bereavement

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Sandra speaks on the constant deaths in the lives of Chris and Nancy and how the barrage of loss kept the two of them, Chris especially, in what she calls a perpetual state of bereavement. She mentions how hard he was hit by the deaths of colleagues Johnny Grunge and Victor Marr AKA Black Cat.

Jericho also names Ray Traylor as someone else whose passing had a tremendous impact on Chris, and says that after the former Big Boss Man died, Benoit called him and said he couldn’t take losing any more of his friends.

It was less than a year later that Eddie died.

Sandra talks about how the deaths hit her sister hard as well, mentioning Miss Elizabeth and in particular Sherri Martel as people whose loss affected her profoundly. She says that after Sherri passed Nancy called her and broke down, calling it one of the last real conversation she ever had with her sister. Nancy called her crying saying "It just won't end. It won't end."

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