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No charges for ex-pro wrestler accused in attack
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ No charges will be filed against an elderly former pro wrestling champion with Nebraska ties in the death of a fellow Minnesota dementia patient he had attacked. Prosecutors said yesterday that Verne Gagne clearly lacked the mental capacity necessary to have intended to harm Helmut Gutmann. Over the years, Gagne often performed in Omaha, where he lived for a time. The 83-year-old Gagne had a confrontation with the 97-year-old Gutmann in the memory loss unit at the Friendship Village retirement home in Bloomington on Jan. 26. Gutmann fell to the ground and suffered a broken hip, which was surgically repaired. But he died Feb. 14 of complications including pneumonia.

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