Jim Ross’ Wife Passes Away After Being Struck By A Vehicle

Jan Ross, the wife of legendary announcer Jim Ross, has died.

Ross announced the sad news on Twitter on Wednesday night, saying that Jan had received her last rites and that “My little Angel is gone.”

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On Monday night, Jan Ross was struck by a 2000 Mercury Grand Marquis while driving her Vespa to the gym. According to TMZ, both the car and the scooter caught on fire. Jan was subsequently rushed to the hospital in critical condition.

Jim Ross said that his wife suffered a catastrophic brain injury including multiple skull fractures and that she quickly underwent surgery. She was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident. Jim Ross wrote in a blog post that a helmet “arguably would have prevented the extreme nature of her injuries.”

On Wednesday morning, Ross said that he hoped that “the swelling of Jan’s brain will subside soon as it must for her to survive,” but this did not happen.

Jim Ross had been married to his wife Jan for 24 years. Jim says that while he was working with the WWE, his wife could not have been more hospitable towards all of the company’s employees.

“She loved the talents and their spouses, invited them into our home, cooked for them and even did some of their laundry that they would bring over,” Ross said on his website. “Some of the Attitude Era’s biggest stars were made to feel welcome in our home over the years thanks to my wife.”

Ross also revealed that his wife helped him battle depression.

“She helped me battle thru multiple bouts of depression as a result of the multiple, Bells palsy attacks, my dependence on Ambien, and nursed me to back health after serious, colon surgery that threatened my life and she never complained one time,” Ross said.