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 Post subject: RIP "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
PostPosted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 6:23 pm 
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Roddy Piper Dead -- Dies at 61 from Cardiac Arrest

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 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 .

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

Roddy is survived by his wife Kitty and their 4 kids -- including 3 daughters and son Colton who's pursuing a career in professional wrestling.

The death is especially shocking considering we spoke We just spoke to him on Friday and asked his opinion about the Hulk Hogan scandal.

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

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 6:26 pm 
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 6:35 pm 
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Might have to chew some bubblegum and watch They Live this weekend.

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 Post subject: RIP "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
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Searching through the clips ... it's just impossible to pick a single greatest Piper moment, but this has to be up there:



God bless you, Roddy. A genuine legend.

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 6:42 pm 
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aw, this one hurts. One of the great mouths in the business. Everyone talks about Hogan, but it might have been Piper that made the Rock and Wrestling era all work. The ability to make Hogan look like a monster, ego-less enough to lose to Mr. T. Able to out talk everyone.

Really gone miss the Hot Rod.

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 6:58 pm 
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RIP Hot Rod!
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R.I.P., Rowdy

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RIP. Loved to watch him.
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Jason Gore wrote:
aw, this one hurts. One of the great mouths in the business. Everyone talks about Hogan, but it might have been Piper that made the Rock and Wrestling era all work. The ability to make Hogan look like a monster, ego-less enough to lose to Mr. T. Able to out talk everyone.

Really gone miss the Hot Rod.

Jason

So much truth there.
RIP Rowdy One.
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I enjoyed the whole Piper's Pit VS Flower Shop storyline.

I can't find the specific video, but Roddy returning and finding that his show had been replaced by Adorable Adrian's Flower Shop was priceless.
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RIP Roddy! Loved his cool sci-fi movie They Live.

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RobertSwanderson wrote:
I can't find the specific video, but Roddy returning and finding that his show had been replaced by Adorable Adrian's Flower Shop was priceless.

This might be the one:


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Holy Crap! Sad to hear this, Piper was an icon of my childhood. RIP.

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 11:43 pm 
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ted262 wrote:
Might have to chew some bubblegum and watch They Live this weekend.

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I'd join you, but...I'm all out of bubblegum...
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Dr. Brian Fever
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 01, 2015 7:09 am 
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This sucks so hard.

Piper was the consummate heel. Just perfect.

By all accounts, a painfully decent man.

A friend posted this on Facebook last night.......

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Better have some bubblegum handy.

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Did Duke Nukem get this quote from They Live, or was it the other way around?

P.S. Wikipedia confirms that They Live came first and Duke Nukem is quoting Roddy Piper.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 01, 2015 7:50 am 
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Dr. Brian Fever
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 01, 2015 8:47 am 
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This is THE movie fight scene...............
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 01, 2015 10:28 am 
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I got to see a mini They Live reunion in 2012 at Texas Frightmare Weekend. Piper, David & Meg Foster were there, the 45 minute Q& A was priceless. Piper was hilarious when Keith David left to go for a quick bathroom break...

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 01, 2015 10:28 am 
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Dr. Brian Fever wrote:
This sucks so hard.

Piper was the consummate heel. Just perfect.

By all accounts, a painfully decent man.

A friend posted this on Facebook last night.......

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To: Peter; Saint
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Better have some bubblegum handy.

Signed: God


:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: Amen
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Dr. Brian Fever
 Post subject: RIP "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
PostPosted: Sat Aug 01, 2015 12:12 pm 
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Nice piece from Mark Evanier.....

http://www.newsfromme.com/2015/07/31/ro ... per-r-i-p/
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