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Friday, July 31, 2015

Wrestling Legend ‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper Dies at Age 61

(CBS SF/AP) – “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, who trash talked his way to the main event of the first WrestleMania and later found movie stardom, has died. He was 61.

The WWE says Piper died Friday. It had no additional details.

Piper, born Roderick Toombs, was the second WWE Hall of Famer to die this summer following the June death of Dusty Rhodes. Piper’s death also comes days after Hulk Hogan, his biggest rival for decades, was fired by the WWE. Hogan had used racial slurs in a conversation captured on a sex tape.

Piper and Hogan battled for years and headlined some of the biggest matches during the 1980s. Hogan and Mr. T defeated Piper and Paul Orndorff on March 31, 1985, at the first WrestleMania at Madison Square Garden.

He is survived by his wife and their 4 kids.

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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 31, 2015 at 9:22 PM

    Let's not forget Piper's screen credits, among which is the cult sci-fi classic, "They Live".

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  2. AnonymousJuly 31, 2015 at 9:48 PM

    I still miss his films, introduce by Gilbert Gottfired(sp?) He looked a lot bigger on screen.

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  3. AnonymousJuly 31, 2015 at 10:02 PM

    As well as a recurring character on "Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia". He played a washed up drifter amateur pro wrestler. Pretty funny.

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  4. AnonymousJuly 31, 2015 at 10:04 PM

    He had a very hard life. Damn this sucks.

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  5. AnonymousJuly 31, 2015 at 10:29 PM

    Rest in peace Roddy.

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  6. AnonymousJuly 31, 2015 at 10:30 PM

    I really liked him. Sorry to hear this.

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  7. AnonymousJuly 31, 2015 at 10:42 PM

    Country singer Lynn Anderson also died today. She was famous for the song Rose Garden.

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