Joanie Laurer (Guatemala) known as Chyna, a professional wrestler and reality TV entertainer, dies at 46
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Joanie Laurer, who overcame a troubled home life in Rochester, N.Y., to win an international following as the pro wrestler Chyna, has died at age 45, according to her official website and World Wrestling Entertainment. Police found her body at her home in Redondo Beach, Calif., on Wednesday, according to local media.
After college, and after 1992, she writes in her book that she joined the Peace Corps and was assigned to Guatemala.
More at the Washington Post.
I read the book. She evidently was only in Guatemala for two months and she left, saying that Peace Corps Volunteers were real heroes.
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