The World Wrestling Entertainment performer, who is regarded as one of the most innovative in professional wrestling, died on Thursday.
Wyatt’s real name was Windham Rotunda.
His death was announced by Triple H, a WWE legend and the company’s chief content officer, on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Triple H, whose real name is Paul Levesque, wrote: “Just received a call from WWE Hall of Famer Mike Rotunda who informed us of the tragic news that our WWE family member for life Windham Rotunda – also known as Bray Wyatt – unexpectedly passed earlier today.
“Our thoughts are with his family and we ask that everyone respect their privacy at this time.