Another bit of my childhood is now gone. :-\
It is with sadness, and a little smile, that I announce the death of Roddy Piper. As a kid, I was a big wrestling fan and Roddy was one of the heels I loved to hate. But he was always a guy with a little, knowing, smirk on his face. Like, 'Whadda you guys think about me hamming it up THIS time?!' The world is a little bit less today. Rest in peace, Roddy.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/%E2%80%98rowdy%E2%80%99-roddy-piper-wrestling-legend-dead-at-61-report/ar-BBlhmMa?ocid=mailsignout
I hadn't heard that. Guess he's chewing bubble gum in Heaven now because he was all out of it here.
Too bad. How old was he?
61
that sucks!
Only 2 ahead of me! :-[
One of the greats, RIP!
I'll remember the famous scene in They Live! that inspired Duke Nukem
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I wonder if that was his real name. Not the Rowdy part of course. He died at the end of They Live didn't he? I can't remember.
Birth Name: Roderick George Toombs
Impressive, he was married once, to the same woman since 1982. They have four kids.
Is a former Golden Gloves boxer and black belt in Judo
And, he's from Canada.
And he really did chew bubble-gum.
:( RIP
Did anybody see the mention of Piper during Rhonda Rousey's 34 sec. UFC fight win last night? Seems he allowed her to use his "Rowdy" title and they were very close. She said she was fighting for him. At least that's the story I read this am. Don't know how accurate it is.
Quote from: Staggerwing on July 31, 2015, 07:34:26 PM
Quote from: MetalDog on July 31, 2015, 06:57:10 PM
61
F/k- only 9 years older 'n me. :(
Sadly, he predicted an early demise
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In an HBO Real Sports interview conducted by Piper in 2003, he had predicted that he was "not going to make 65" due to his poor lifestyle, and that his 2003 return to WWE was because he could not access his pension fund until reaching the age of 65.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roddy_Piper
Quote from: Sir Slash on August 02, 2015, 02:55:04 PM
Did anybody see the mention of Piper during Rhonda Rousey's 34 sec. UFC fight win last night? Seems he allowed her to use his "Rowdy" title and they were very close. She said she was fighting for him. At least that's the story I read this am. Don't know how accurate it is.
Yep, they were pretty close. He actually gave her the 'Rowdy' nickname back when she was switching from Judo to MMA.