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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]

NO! I learned of him through Futurama.

R.I.P.

 

[abstract alien]

So many have fallen

 

[JDSN]

nO! I learned of h

Yeah its pretty unf

 

[vatstep]

Ugh. Damn it.

RIP

 

[Officerrob]

What. The. Fuck. RIP Hot Rod

 

[CREMSteve]

Nooooooo

RIP

 

[illmatic22]

Fuck

R.I.P.

 

[Discotheque]

RIP.

gonna watch they live and the always sunny episode in tribute

 

[OneEightZero]

Damn.

RIP.

 

[Razorskin]

WOW


Rest in peace. ):

 

[Corpsepyre]

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

 

[entremet]

Damn, what a crazy two weeks for the WWE.

 

[sikkinixx]

Jesus what?!

 

[Stinkles]

god damn. RIP.

gonna watch they live and the always sunny episode in tribute

.

 

[R3TRO]

Whoa

RIP

 

[Lionel Mandrake]

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

 

[F0rneus]

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

 

[Slayer-33]

Damn.. Too young

 

[EnlightenedMint]

Wow.

RIP.

 

[DUFFMCWALIN]

God damnit! RIP.

 

[LordCanti]

Nooooooooooooo


RIP.

 

[Tagyhag]

2015 has been the absolute fucking worst.

 

[BronsonLee]

RIP, Hot Rod.

 

[mr jones]

Awe man.

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

 

[Mixolydian]

Ah man. RIP Roddy.

 

[Scientist Supreme!]

http://youtu.be/Wp_K8prLfso
RIP

 

[Kaladin]

RIP

 

[spindashing]

WTF... RIP.

 

[Plinko]

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]

DAAAMN.

RIP

 

[Pavaloo]

Holy shit. RIP Roddy

 

[legacyzero]

OH NO

Love the guy

 

[Entropia]

Damn ((

RIP Hotrod

 

[Ovid]

Another legend gone.

RIP

 

[Imperial Bishop]

No way, man. Not the Rodster.

RIP. There are very few legends left.

 

[-Kees-]

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

RIP.

 

[RedProwlingDevil]

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]

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

 

[notworksafe]

What the fuck. Terrible

 

[ViperVisor]

 

[Tucah]

RIP to a legend.

 

[Jafku]

What the hell. RIP

 

[Courage]

Fuck

RIP

 

[Sanjuro]

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

 

[brandonh83]

RIP.

 

[robotrock]

RIP

Awful news.

 

[Dazzler]

holy shit

RIP

 

[CountAntonius]

Completely unexpected. RIP Roddy. True legend.

Let the bagpipes play.

 

[Sheroking]

Did his cancer come back?

Dude was a legend.