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    Default WWE Wrestler Roddy Piper dies at 61

    http://www.tmz.com/2015/07/31/roddy-...estler-cancer/

    Wrestling legend "Rowdy" Roddy Piper has died at the age of 61... TMZ Sports has learned. Piper -- born Roderick George Toombs -- died from cardiac arrest in his sleep at his home in Hollywood at around noon Friday.

    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 ... squaring off against Hulk Hogan and Mr. T.

    Roddy's rep tells us, "I am devastated at this news. Rod was a good friend as well as a client and one of the most generous, sincere and authentic people I have ever known. This is a true loss to us all."

    Piper had been diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma in 2006, but last November he said he was cancer free. A family source tells us he was "cancer free" at the time of his death.

    A family member tells us, "Our family is saddened by the sudden passing of our father and beloved husband, Roderick Toombs aka Rowdy Roddy Piper."

    Roddy was admitted into the WWE Hall of Fame back in 2005 and was one of the top 50 villains in the history of the WWE .

    Piper had a long relationship with WWE -- last wrestling back in 2008 ... but appeared on various WWE shows up until 2014.


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    Anyone remember when he painted himself half black?

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    Ah man. Bummer.

    I love "They Live" also.
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    I haven't seen anywhere in the news any 5 years olds chopping off their balls.

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    It shouldn't be a big deal, but when stuff like this happens it feels like a bit of your childhood dies too.

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    Default WWE Wrestler Roddy Piper dies at 61

    WWE... Pfft! It will always be the WWF! Screw the World Wildlife Fund. I loved him and Macho Man when I was a kid. Gonna have to watch They Live now...

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    Too young. RIP Rowdy! Hot Rod!
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    61 for a pro wrestler is a long life. Look it up - about the only occupations with shorter life spans are rap artists and suicide bombers. They all roided up in the 80s and 90s and most of them die off in their 50s.
    I miss the old Mile High Stadium.

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    Good Night, Rowdy Roddy Piper

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