Julia Reilly, the actress who portrayed the character Claire Lynch in a widely criticized 2012 TNA storyline involving AJ Styles, passed away approximately two months ago in Orlando, Florida. According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter , her body was discovered at her home after she did not show up for a scheduled event, with preliminary indications suggesting she died of natural causes.

Reilly, who also worked as a performer playing Olive Oyl at Universal Studios, was chosen from numerous candidates for the TNA role. The storyline, considered by many fans and critics to be one of the worst in wrestling history, initially teased an affair between AJ Styles and then-TNA President Dixie Carter. It later evolved to introduce Reilly’s character, Claire Lynch, as a purported drug addict w

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