Grady Johnson James Grad Johnson ( February 5 , 1940 – June 23 , 2006 ) better known as professional wrestler Crazy Luke Graham , was a member of the Graham family , a storyline family of wrestlers . Career . He began his career as the storyline brother of Dr . Jerry Graham after fellow wrestler Frankie Cain ( The Great Mephisto ) suggested they resembled each other . They began wrestling together in 1963 in Stampede Wrestling . Later that summer , Johnson wrestled a series of matches against Chief Big Heart . He wrestled in the World Wide Wrestling Federation ( WWWF ) with Jerry Graham beginning in 1964 . They won the WWWF United States Tag Team Championship from Don McClarity and Argentina Apollo , holding it for eight months , before losing the belts to another heel tagteam , Gene Kiniski & Waldo Von Erich . It was during this time that he became known as " Crazy " Luke Graham . Graham enjoyed most of his success for the Los Angeles territory in the mid to late 1960s . He held the WWA World Title for that office in 1965 . He dropped the belt to Pedro Morales . In the late 60s , he was a mid card performer for Verne Gagne ' s American Wrestling Association ( AWA ) out of Minneapolis . After leaving the AWA , Luke had a brief run with Tarzan Tyler as the first WWWF Tag Team Champions in 1971 . One story was that the team allegedly defeating Dick the Bruiser and The Sheik for the belts , however , no record of any match between the two teams has ever been documented . The other story is that they won it from Bepo & Geeto Mongol . Once champions , the team held the belts for six months while feuding with Chief Jay Strongbow , Gorilla Monsoon , and Pedro Morales . In 1974 , he was the United States Champion in the Pacific Northeast . He retired in the late 1980s . He teamed with his son , Luke , Jr . , however , in 2001 and started Galaxy Championship Wrestling , Inc . Galaxy Championship Wrestling , Inc . went on to become publicly traded under the symbol GXCW on the NASD OTCBB and was eventually merged with FUSA following Luke Sr . heart attack and deteriorating health . Personal life . Johnson died , aged 66 , from congestive heart failure on June 23 , 2006 . He had a pacemaker installed prior to his death . He is survived by his four daughters , and son Scott , eleven grandchildren , and three great - grandchildren . Graham family . Luke Graham ' s Sr . storyline brothers are " Doctor " Jerry Graham ( Jerramiah Martin Mathews ) , " Superstar " Billy Graham ( Wayne Coleman ) , former wrestler / promoter Eddie Graham ( Eddie Gosset ) . Other Family members include : Tommy " T . G . " Graham ( William Pawlak ) , Troy " The Dream Machine / Warrior " Graham ( Troy R . Tompson ) , Eddie Graham ' s son Mike Graham ( Mike Gosset ) , and Luke Graham ' s son , " Crazy " Luke Graham ( Donald J . Jolly ) , Jr . and Nephew , Gerry " Chubby " Graham ( M . Gerald Sadler ) . Gimmick . Grady Johnson ' s Luke Graham persona was known for his " craziness " . Whenever someone referred to Johnson as " Crazy Luke Graham " , as part of his gimmick , he would claim to be sane and cover his ears . He had bleached hair and goatee . One of his signature moves was to stab people with his taped thumb , called The Golden Spike . Most all Graham Family members had the trademark bleach blonde head and facial hair for most of their careers . Gerry " Chubby " Graham was the very last known " Golden Grahams " family wrestler of this dynasty . All the members of the Graham Family are reported retired .