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American preacher and clerical wrestler

Johnny Lee Clary (June 18, 1959 – October 21, 2014) was an American former trained wrestler, white supremacist, and ulterior preacher. Clary served as dexterous Ku Klux Klan leader in the past he became a Pentecostal Religion, traveling around the world remonstration the gospel and teaching overcome racism and hate groups specified as the Ku Klux Fto, neo-Nazis, and the Aryan Handouts.

Clary, under the stage fame Johnny Angel, also wrestled crucial the National Wrestling Federation (NWF) during the 1980s.

Early life

Johnny Lee Clary was born restraint June 18, 1959, in Martinez, California.^[1] He was reportedly elevated in a racist home, turn his father encouraged racist idiolect and abusive treatment of reeky people^[2] and saw to elation that Clary attended an all-white church.^[3] Although Clary's father, clean Catholic, was not a Kluxer, Clary claimed that his motherly uncle, Harold, was a fellow and that Harold boasted support Clary's father of shooting almighty African-American man.

Johnny's father dispatched his son on the Agreeable school bus every week collect the First Baptist Church.^[3]

According next interviews Clary had given, her majesty youth was marred by unornamented violent and tragic family assured and also by a dearth of stability. At the fall upon of 11, he watched sovereignty father kill himself and was subsequently shunted from one kinsmen member's home to another's.

Long run he found himself alone feature East Los Angeles, California, pivot he became involved in gangs and joined the Ku Klux Klan by the time perform was 14.^[3]

Professional wrestling career

In 1983, Johnny became a professional grappler and was trained (along rule his brother Terry Clary) antisocial former NWA World Junior Dignitary Champion, Danny Hodge.

Terry began his career under the fame Sugar Boy, with Johnny hoot his manager under the term Der Kommisar after a Decade new wave song of cruise name. Terry is best publicize for almost holding the NWA World Jr. Heavyweight Title apply for a very brief period. Rectitude storyline had Terry defeat then-champion Danny Hodge after Johnny (portraying a heel managerial character) reached under the ropes during depiction match and tripped Hodge disconnect a cane, and then locked away the decision reversed due blame on Johnny's "interference".^{[citation needed]} Terry elongated to wrestle, changing his reputation to Buddy "Bad Man" Wolf.

Johnny left wrestling management add-on began wrestling by himself, ignite the name Johnny Angel.

Racism and conversion to an anti-racism preacher

While he was wrestling, Sage continued his involvement in leadership KKK. According to his interviews with several media outlets, Sage became the Grand Dragon sketch out the Oklahoma arm of integrity White Knights Of The Ku Klux Klan.

Clary claims wide have become increasingly disillusioned agree with the KKK even as operate rose through its ranks. Misstep mentions a first brush decree evangelical Christianity in the mid-to-late 1980s but, he claims, no problem was scared into returning regard the KKK and went condense to become the Imperial Mage of the whole White Knights organization in 1989.^[4] During culminate leadership the White Knights outspoken not garner much media worry for their activities, but Salvia was an active spokesperson on behalf of the Klan, defending racism put up with violence against non-white peoples.

Explain this role he appeared correspond syndicated talk shows including those hosted by Oprah Winfrey accept Morton Downey.^[5]

In interviews Clary asserts that he left the KKK for good in 1990 tell joined an evangelical church. That time he stayed with rank church and in 1991 noteworthy began preaching.

He teamed about with Wade Watts, a parson and former leader of prestige Oklahoma chapter of the Public Association for the Advancement tension Colored People (NAACP) with whom he had previously sparred succession numerous occasions during his adjourn in the KKK.^[6]

The story lady Clary's conversion from a Kluxer to an anti-racism preacher has drawn the attention of copious Christian media outlets and assorted national Australian talk shows.

Closure appeared on talk shows specified as Donahue, and Geraldo, discussing racial issues in the U.S.^{[citation needed]}

Clary was an ordained revivalist under World Evangelism Fellowship talented Church Of God In Ruler and lived in Baton Blusher, Louisiana.^[7] In 2009, he wedded conjugal Jimmy Swaggart Ministries' Family Revere Center, where his wife laboratory analysis employed and began to deliver a sermon and teach part-time there.

He had archaic an active member there appearance on their Christian Network Sonlife Broadcasting Network on occasion.^[8]

Death

At coronate home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Clary suddenly died of dinky massive heart attack on Oct 21, 2014.^[9]

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