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Macho Madness · Jul 31, 2015

Wrestling legend Roddy Piper has died at the age of 61 .. TMZ Sports has learned.
Piper -- born Roderick George Toombs -- passed away from natural causes at a home in Hollywood.
Piper was a wrestling icon -- one of the biggest stars in the WWE back in the '80s.
Piper had been diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma in 2006 ... but last November he said he was cancer free.
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.

http://www.tmz.com/2015/07/31/roddy-piper-dead-dies-wwe-wrestler-cancer/#ixzz3hVcQXYkz

WWE has confirmed: http://www.wwe.com/inside/rowdy-roddy-piper-passes-away-27737907

HUELEN10 · Jul 31, 2015

NO! I learned of him through Futurama.

R.I.P.

abstract alien · Jul 31, 2015

So many have fallen

JDSN · Jul 31, 2015

HUELEN10 said:
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Yeah its pretty unf

vatstep · Jul 31, 2015

Ugh. Damn it.

RIP

Officerrob · Jul 31, 2015

What. The. Fuck. RIP Hot Rod

CREMSteve · Jul 31, 2015

Nooooooo

RIP

illmatic22 · Jul 31, 2015

Fuck

R.I.P.

Discotheque · Jul 31, 2015

RIP.

gonna watch they live and the always sunny episode in tribute

OneEightZero · Jul 31, 2015

Damn.

RIP.

Razorskin · Jul 31, 2015

WOW

Rest in peace. ):

Corpsepyre · Jul 31, 2015

OH FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

entremet · Jul 31, 2015

Damn, what a crazy two weeks for the WWE.

sikkinixx · Jul 31, 2015

Jesus what?!

Stinkles · Jul 31, 2015

Discotheque said:
god damn. RIP.

gonna watch they live and the always sunny episode in tribute

.

R3TRODYCE · Jul 31, 2015

Whoa

RIP

Lionel Mandrake · Jul 31, 2015

Man. There really aren't a lot of classic wrestlers left.

F0rneus · Jul 31, 2015

Oh fuck no. Oh no. They Live is one of the best movies of all time. RIP.

Slayer-33 · Jul 31, 2015

Damn.. Too young

EnlightenedMint · Jul 31, 2015

Wow.

RIP.

DUFFMCWALIN · Jul 31, 2015

God damnit! RIP.

LordCanti · Jul 31, 2015

Nooooooooooooo

RIP.

Tagyhag · Jul 31, 2015

2015 has been the absolute fucking worst.

BronsonLee · Jul 31, 2015

RIP, Hot Rod.

mr jones · Jul 31, 2015

Awe man.

Time to go track down a copy of They Live...

Mixolydian · Jul 31, 2015

Ah man. RIP Roddy.

Scientist Supreme! · Jul 31, 2015

http://youtu.be/Wp_K8prLfso
RIP

Kaladin · Jul 31, 2015

RIP

spindashing · Jul 31, 2015

WTF... RIP.

Plinko · Jul 31, 2015

R.I.P.

I'll never forget the time he faced The Mountie for the IC Title on SNME, got shocked by the cattle prod, but still won. He then took off his shirt to show one underneath that said "Shockproof." That always got me.

strikeselect · Jul 31, 2015

DAAAMN.

RIP

Pavaloo · Jul 31, 2015

Holy shit. RIP Roddy

legacyzero · Jul 31, 2015

OH NO

Love the guy

Entropia · Jul 31, 2015

Damn

((

RIP Hotrod

Ovid · Jul 31, 2015

Another legend gone.

RIP

Imperial Bishop · Jul 31, 2015

No way, man. Not the Rodster.

RIP. There are very few legends left.

-Kees- · Jul 31, 2015

He was on Sklarbro Country a few weeks ago and seemed like he was doing well.

RIP.

RedProwlingDevil · Jul 31, 2015

He just signed up to do a podcast on Earwolf...dammit...rest in peace Hot Rod...shit I am at a loss for words...I am going to listen to him on the sklar brothers podcast sigh I will never forget your fight with the Mountee .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDKNqtPcFw0

Sage00 · Jul 31, 2015

Wow, what? He looked fine in this TMZ video from last week: http://youtu.be/E8UyXmUbsS4

notworksafe · Jul 31, 2015

What the fuck. Terrible

ViperVisor · Jul 31, 2015

Tucah · Jul 31, 2015

RIP to a legend.

Jafku · Jul 31, 2015

What the hell. RIP

Courage · Jul 31, 2015

Fuck

RIP

Sanjuro · Jul 31, 2015

Got to meet him last year. He just started looking much better too. Dammit.

brandonh83 · Jul 31, 2015

robotrock · Jul 31, 2015

RIP

Awful news.

Dazzler · Jul 31, 2015

holy shit

RIP

CountAntonius · Jul 31, 2015

Completely unexpected. RIP Roddy. True legend.

Let the bagpipes play.

Sheroking · Jul 31, 2015

Did his cancer come back?

Dude was a legend.

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