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"Rowdy" Roddy Piper, born Roderick Toombs, passed away at the age of 61 on July 31, 2015. Piper was one of the sport's biggest stars over the last 30 years with his peak being during the wrestling ...
Rowdy Roddy Piper is unimpressed throughout the duration ... when the Italian was already a legend and Piper was at the peak of his career. Thus the usual question began that if Sammartino would ...
(SOUNDBITE OF WRESTLING MATCH ANNOUNCEMENT) UNIDENTIFIED ANNOUNCER: Approaching ringside from west coast Dublin, weighing 232 pounds, Rowdy Roddy Piper. RATH: Rowdy Roddy Piper, born Roderick ...
“Rowdy” Roddy Piper, one the iconic villains when professional wrestling boomed into a profitable pay-to-view television event, died Thursday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 61 ...
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper, a premier wrestler in the now-WWE during the 1980s and 1990s who fought Hulk Hogan and Mr. T in the main event at the first WrestleMania in 1985, has died, the company reports.
The professional wrestling legend known as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper has died at his Hollywood, California, home, officials and World Wrestling Entertainment said. He was 61. Piper's agent, Jay ...
Ariel Teal Toombs likes to say that her father, WWE Hall of Famer "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, lived the equivalent of 10 lifetimes over the span of 61 years. Piper, who died of a heart attack in July ...
Wrestling legend "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, the kilt-wearing trash-talker who headlined the first WrestleMania and later found movie stardom, has died at the age of 61, WWE announced Friday. Piper ...
The cause of death for “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, the WWE Hall of Famer and wrestling legend, was a heart attack caused by a blood clot in one of his lungs. Piper, 61, had suffered from high blood ...
Thanks, Hot Rod. After They Live, the Rowdy Roddy Piper movie most people can name is Hell Comes To Frogtown. They’ve probably never seen it, but with a name like that, how could you forget it?
“Rowdy” Roddy Piper, the wrestling star and pop culture icon, died Friday of cardiac arrest. He was 61. Born Roderick George Toombs, he made his wrestling debut in Canada at the age of ...