TMZ Sports wrote:'Rowdy' Roddy Piper
Dies at 61 From Cardiac Arrest
7/31/2015 2:52 PM PDT BY TMZ STAFF
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 on Thursday night. He was discovered on 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 Hodgkin's Lymphoma in 2006, but last November he said he was cancer free. A family source tells us he was "cancer free" at the time of his death.
A family member tells us, "Our family is saddened by the sudden passing of our father and beloved husband, Roderick Toombs aka Rowdy Roddy Piper."
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 just spoke to him on Friday and asked his opinion about the Hulk Hogan scandal.
It was time to chew bubblegum and pass on, and he was all out of bubblegum. Requiescat in pace.
どうして？お前が夜に自身お触れるから。 Long ago in a distant land, I, Aku, the shape-shifting Master of Darkness, unleashed an unspeakable evil,
but a foolish samurai warrior wielding a magic sword stepped forth to oppose me. Before the final blow
was struck, I tore open a portal in time and flung him into the future, where my evil is law! Now, the fool
seeks to return to the past, and undo the future that is Aku...
-Aku, Master of Masters, Deliverer of Darkness, Shogun of Sorrow
One of the greatest actors to come out the WWE lost, he will be missed even if he had faded from public life.
"A cult is a religion with no political power." -Tom Wolfe Pardon me for sounding like a dick, but I'm playing the tiniest violin in the world right now-Dalton
They Live. He dies (at relatively young age) - sad.
TVWP: "Janeway says archly, "Sometimes it's the female of the species that initiates mating." Is the female of the species trying to initiate mating now? Janeway accepts Paris's apology and tells him she's putting him in for a commendation. The salamander sex was that good." "Not bad - for a human"-Bishop to Ripley GALACTIC DOMINATION Empire Board Game visit link below: GALACTIC DOMINATION
Saw an interview by Piper just a few days ago, discussing the Hogan thing. He was either drunk as hell or very sick. He kept going off topic and ranting about Mr T.
As a wrestling fan he was one of the best heels going. Always knew how to draw heat from a crowd. It's a shame he was part of the Hogan era or he'd have been more than an IC champion.
I dunno about that, Vince has only let up slack on creative recently and they still make some really dumb decisions regarding bookings and character development.
"It's you Americans. There's something about nipples you hate. If this were Germany, we'd be romping around naked on the stage here."
