ABOUT VINCENT J. MCMAHON
American professional wrestling promoter who ran Capitol Wrestling Corporation, later known to be the World Wide Wrestling Federation and and World Wrestling Federation. He fathered the organization's successor Vince McMahon .
He would accompany his father to Madison Square Garden as a child to begin to learn the family business.
He was inducted into the WWF Hall of Fame class of 1996.
Also known as Vince McMahon Sr., he was born in Harlem, New York City and died in Fort Lauderdale, Florida of pancreatic cancer. His father Roderick James "Jess" McMahon was a boxing, wrestling and concert promoter.
His grandchildren Shane and Stephanie McMahon also worked for the WWF/E.
