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Tomorrow Is Never Promised: How WWE Saved Dana Brooke's Life

DANA BROOKE WILL never forget August 21, 2017—the last time she would speak to her boyfriend, famed bodybuilder Dallas McCarver, who would pass away only a couple of hours later in their Florida home. It was the night after SummerSlam, and Brooke was away at Monday Night Raw at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

“We made a point to talk every Monday night,” recalled Brooke. “I’d ask, ‘How did I look on TV?’ And he’d say, ‘You’re beautiful.’ In our last conversation, he said he’d pick me up from the airport on Tuesday morning and that he’d call me before going to bed. And as usual,

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