Erik “The Viking” Fromm… found dead at age 36
I received a call this morning from Erik Fromm’s sister, Dianna, informing me of the unfortunate news. Erik “The Viking” Fromm was found dead at his Richfield, Minnesota home last night. The cause of death has not been determined. Dianna said she would pass along more details as they became available. At the time of of conversation she believed Erik would be cremated as, “he never stayed in one place for every long”. His mother currently lives in Wyoming and his sister in Montana.
Erik was a consistent top 10 NPC Super-Heavyweight Bodybuilder. The 2004 NPC Nationals would be the last time he took the stage. Erik was the 1996 Colorado State Champion.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Fromm family.
February 6, 2008 at 8:15 am
Richfield Minnesota is where he lived. Still no answers on cause of death or manner of death.
February 8, 2008 at 7:35 am
Even though it has been many, many years I still have very fond memories of Erik from grade school and Juniour High, always a smile on his face and never a harsh word to anyone. My thoughts and prayers go out to his fiance, family and friends, Erik was a beautiful person and will be sadly missed.
December 4, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Eric was my uncle and I miss him dearly. When I got the phone call from my dad who is Deanna’s (Eric’s Sister) husband, i fell flat to my face and cried. It hurts to know that I hadn’t got to spend any time with him last time he was in Rock Springs, Wyoming and I am sad thinking i will never again spend time with him. I had alot of fun with Eric and he was a great laugh. We now know that he had an accidental overdose of painkillers that he was on due to a car wreck. I am doing a project in school on car wrecks and I have dedicated it to him because if it hadn’t been for that car wreck, he would’t have been on the pain killers he was on. I LOVE YOU UNCLE ERIC!!!