Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Tributes are flooding in after former WWE star Del Wilkes aka 'The Patriot' has died aged 59.Pal Allen Wright Adkins made the shock announcement on social media on Thursday night.He wrote on Facebook: "At the request of his family, it's with a devastated heart that I let you know Heaven gained one of the most special men I've ever had the honor to know today."Del Wilkes, I've loved you for 40 years and always will.
Rest in peace, my dear friend…you'll be missed more than you could ever know." Wilkes made his debut in wrestling back in 1988, according to Fightful.
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