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Miles Archer

(23,976 posts) Fri Jul 31, 2015, 06:22 PM Jul 2015

R.I.P. Rowdy Roddy "They Live" Piper @ age 61 (cardiac arrest) [View all]

http://www.tmz.com/2015/07/31/roddy-piper-dead-dies-wwe-wrestler-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."

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R.I.P. Rowdy Roddy "They Live" Piper @ age 61 (cardiac arrest) [View all] Miles Archer Jul 2015 OP

I wonder how much sharp_stick Jul 2015 #1

I made the same observation (about the young deaths) CatWoman Jul 2015 #8

I Was Thinking The Same Thing.... Laxman Jul 2015 #17

Other WWE deaths 90-percent Jul 2015 #20

You are thinking of Owen Hart and Chris Benoit nt LostOne4Ever Jul 2015 #28

And Chris Benoit had chronic traumatic encephalopathy from repeated concussions... Spider Jerusalem Jul 2015 #39

IIRC the doctor who did the autopsy said he had the worst brain damage he had ever seen nt LostOne4Ever Jul 2015 #41

the doctor that did his autopsy said DonCoquixote Jul 2015 #42

I doubt one could even begin to calculate the number of concussions hifiguy Jul 2015 #45

All but Andre, who died of natural causes related to his acromegaly hifiguy Jul 2015 #26

He must not have licked it good enough, I read somewhere that the official cause of death was Ghost in the Machine Jul 2015 #54

That movie predicted all the politics that would follow in its wake. villager Jul 2015 #27

There Are Many Real Life Events.... Laxman Jul 2015 #48

Was his line even simpler? "I knew it!" villager Jul 2015 #53

Andre was a heavy alcoholic. Glassunion Jul 2015 #29

Because he was in constant excruciating back pain from his Acromegaly LostOne4Ever Jul 2015 #32

Understood. Glassunion Jul 2015 #35

Supposedly Andre downed 120 beers in one sitting. hifiguy Jul 2015 #33

Andre had a universal reputation as being one of the kindest and most generous people imaginable. LostOne4Ever Jul 2015 #34

He was the best in that movie. Glassunion Jul 2015 #37

One third of all wrestlers who performed in 1990's Wrestlemania VI are now dead LostOne4Ever Jul 2015 #31

Piper was a heavy coke user as well. bobbobbins01 Jul 2015 #44

RIP bigwillq Jul 2015 #2

Aww, man shenmue Jul 2015 #3

Never followed wrestling exboyfil Jul 2015 #4

"I came here to kick ass and chew bubblegum, Kingofalldems Jul 2015 #5

Great quote exboyfil Jul 2015 #6

One of the best lines ever sarisataka Jul 2015 #9

Also... RecoveringJournalist Jul 2015 #43

Damn...."They Live" is an awesome flick. nt msanthrope Jul 2015 #7

I really need to find that DVD CatWoman Jul 2015 #10

It's on Amazon streaming.....not on Netflix streaming. nt msanthrope Jul 2015 #14

ty CatWoman Jul 2015 #15

Sat next to him on a plane when my daughter was a baby WestCoastLib Jul 2015 #11

It is one of the weird things about wrestlers hifiguy Jul 2015 #47

Rats. "Put on the damn glasses" BlueJazz Jul 2015 #12

. Glassunion Jul 2015 #30

"Well...they ain't from Cleveland" d_b Jul 2015 #56

This message was self-deleted by its author d_b Jul 2015 #57

A very charismatic and entertaining villain geek tragedy Jul 2015 #13

They Live was a really decent sci-fi movie Gothmog Jul 2015 #16

Take er easy Roddy. God's sleeper hold is taking you to the canvas in the sky. Nt. Juicy_Bellows Jul 2015 #18

The best! Dwayne Hicks Jul 2015 #19

My daughter and her girlfriends watched wrestling back then and after 'They Live' I had a terrible Mnemosyne Jul 2015 #21

I am so sorry to hear this news. He gave me a lot of entertaining moments in my childhood. StevieM Jul 2015 #22

To this day I laugh every time I think of it. hifiguy Jul 2015 #25

Sorry to hear about this tabasco Jul 2015 #23

Been a wrestling fan since I was a wee lad hifiguy Jul 2015 #24

He was my favorite WWE wrestler and I loved him in, " They live" kimbutgar Jul 2015 #36

Cardiac arrest for a wrestler is code for past steroid abuse. Fearless Jul 2015 #38

Possibly, but Piper never looked as if he came anywhere near steroids. hifiguy Jul 2015 #49

Also cocaine. Fearless Jul 2015 #51

to be fair DonCoquixote Jul 2015 #40

So sad, Blue_In_AK Jul 2015 #46

I remember him looking like this. Liberal_in_LA Jul 2015 #50

I Am In Shock Liberal_Dog Jul 2015 #52

R.I.P. Roddy! Ghost in the Machine Jul 2015 #55

One of my favs from childhood d_b Jul 2015 #58

He was my favorite back when I watched pro wrestling Kaleva Jul 2015 #59