GWAR Classic Member Chuck Varga Dies After Battle With Cancer

Chuck Varga, a classic member of GWAR known as the Sexecutioner, has died following a battle with cancer; he was 68. His death was announced Friday night by longtime GWAR bassist Casey Orr, better known as Beefcake the Mighty. “Chuck Varga has left this earthly realm. He passed peacefully, his beloved wife Bambi holding his hand,” Orr wrote. “He was one of a kind. As an artist, as a performer; as a scholar and a gentleman. I’m better for having known him and the world is lesser for his leaving.” Orr added that Varga was likely being welcomed into Valhalla by late GWAR members Dave Brockie and Cory Smoot, before concluding, “Raise your glass and tell his tales. Legends never die. Hail Varga! Hail Sexecutioner!” Get GWAR Tickets Here Varga helped build GWAR’s grotesque, theatrical universe from its earliest days, working across sculpture, illustration, character design, special effects, and performance. He was also a co-founder of the Richmond art collective Slave Pit Studios and became best known onstage as Sexecutioner, contributing vocals to songs including “Sexecutioner” from 1990’s Scumdogs of the Universe and “Rag Na Rok” from 1995’s Ragnarök. GWAR publicly revealed Varga’s can...