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Samuel Holmes Sheppard ((1923-12-29)December 29 1923 – April 6 1970(1970-04-06)) was an American osteopathic physician and toward the end of his life he had a stint as a professional wrestler. Dr. Sam Sheppard was convicted in 1954 of the brutal murder of his pregnant wife Marilyn Reese Sheppard at their suburban home outside Cleveland Ohio. He spent almost a decade in prison mostly at the Ohio Penitentiary before a retrial was ordered where he was acquitted in 1966.