RIP Roddy we are gonna miss ya...
Posted on 07/31/2015 3:20:58 PM PDT by dennisw
Legendary wrestling champion Roddy Piper has reportedly died at the age of 61.
The WWE Hall of Famer died in his Hollywood, Calif. home of natural causes, TMZ reported.
Piper had been diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma in 2006 but last fall said that he was cancer free. Former professional wrestlers Ric Flair watches from outside the ring as WWE Superstar Chris Jericho gets pummeled on the ropes by Piper in 2009. Previous Next
HOUSTON, TX - APRIL 5: (L-R) Former professional wrestlers Ric Flair (seen outside the ring) looks on as WWE Superstar Chris Jericho gets pummeled on the ropes by "Rowdy" Roddy Piper. Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat and Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka look on during WrestleMania 25 at Reliant Stadium on April 5, 2009 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Bill Olive/Getty Images) Exported.;
Enlarge Bill Olive/Getty Images Former professional wrestlers Ric Flair watches from outside the ring as WWE Superstar Chris Jericho gets pummeled on the ropes by Piper in 2009.
His unexpected death comes only month after fellow former pro wrestler “Nature Boy” Buddy Landel died at the age of 53 at his home in Virginia.
The Iron Sheik, who was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame with Piper in 2005, tweeted: “Roddy Piper. I love you forever. God bless you
“One thing’s for sure...they ain’t from Cleveland!!” -—from “They Live”
Great movie. Maybe I’ll watch it tonight.
RIP Roddy!!!
He trained under Stu Hart IIRC. That will make you tough.
One of the greatest heels ever. He has the most heat of anyone in the NWA and WWF. His “ear” match with Greg Valentine was one of the greatest but he never seemed comfortable as a face.
I wonder if people who saw that flick realize it was a huge piece of leftist propaganda. John Carpenter even admitted it had an anti-Reagan, consumer mentality message.
That right back story on this creator of South Park is big fans of the movie
I don’t know what he thought of that movie or if it bothered him to be associated with it, but that “They Live” was the first thing that popped into my head when I read of his death.
RIP Roddy
Wow. He was one of the best blustering bad boys of the WWF.
RIP, Roddy. Hope you were prepared.
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"I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubble gum."
RIP Rowdy Roddy
RIP.
“They Live” is an anti Obama regime propaganda. We are occupied by an alien govt
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
61 is young!
Well Bruno is still kickin’.
IIRC he’s 85 this year.!
RIP Roddy we are gonna miss ya...
Rowdy Roddy. We’ll miss ya.
This saddens me greatly. I never watched the wrestling but I loved his movie. I’ve seen some interviews of him and he came across as pretty normal and likeable.
I remember him more from that movie — They Live — than him in the wrestling ring.
“Piper was a wrestling icon — one of the biggest stars in the WWE back in the ‘80s, and even wrestled in “Wrestlemania I” back in 1985”
My super fave, I always thought he was extremely good looking. And I was at that show !
This is very sad news to me.
RIP Roddy Piper, you’ll be missed.
One of the iconic moments in WWF/WWE history: Roddy Piper smashes “Superfly” Jimmy Snuka in the head with a coconut during a segment of “Piper’s Pit.”
Damn. There’s goes another bit of my childhood and youth. R.I.P. Roddy. You still hold the record in my book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9rrgJXfLns
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