Paul LeDuc, who died at 89 on the morning of Sunday, 30 August 2026, was one half of the LeDuc Brothers, the Quebec tag team that ruled Canadian wrestling rings in the 1970s.
News of his death was announced on Sunday, 30 August 2026, by wrestling historian Pat Laprade on social media, as reported by Fightful. LeDuc had spent more than five decades in and around the business, first as a wrestler and later as the owner of his own promotion in Quebec.
How the wrestling world learned Paul LeDuc died at 89
Laprade framed his announcement around the tag team that carried LeDuc’s name across Quebec and well beyond it. For a generation of Canadian fans who grew up on territory wrestling, that name meant one thing, and it was never a solo act.
Pat Laprade wrote:
“Sad news in the wrestling world. Former wrestler and promoter Paul Leduc, one half of the famous Leduc Brothers, passed away this morning at the age of 89.”
He was born in Mont-Louis, Quebec, on 10 November 1936, and turned professional in 1957 at the age of 18. He trained in Montreal first, then took himself to Mexico to keep learning, which was a serious commitment for a teenager in the 1950s.
The LeDuc Brothers were never actually brothers
LeDuc convinced his close friend Michel Pigeon to step into the ring with him, and the two sold themselves to crowds as siblings. Pigeon took the ring name Jos LeDuc, the pair became the LeDuc Brothers, and nobody in the building was checking birth certificates.
The gimmick worked. Across his career LeDuc collected tag team championships in Grand Prix Wrestling, National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) Florida and NWA International, and his most prominent stretch ran from 1968 to 1974 alongside Jos. Those years are the ones fans still bring up first.
Grand Prix Wrestling was a major Quebec promotion during that era, running cards at a time when regional companies, rather than one national outfit, decided who counted as a star. Holding tag gold there put the LeDucs at the centre of that scene.
Then there is the 1971 story that still gets retold. During a live show in Montreal, LeDuc was married inside the ring, legally and for real, in front of a paying crowd.
Wrestling folklore is full of stunts, but that one came with a marriage certificate.
What Paul LeDuc leaves behind
His last recorded match came in 2008, decades after the run that made his name. He had already moved into the business side by then, founding his own promotion, The FLQ, in 2000. It remains open more than two decades on.
LeDuc is survived by his sons Carl and Yan and his daughter Kim. Funeral arrangements had not been made public at the time of publishing, and the family has not said whether there will be a public tribute for the man who married in front of a wrestling crowd.
