Pro wrestler Roddy Piper dead at 61: report

.nydailynews. ^ | July 31, 2015, 6:18 PM

[dennisw]

Legendary wrestling champion Roddy Piper has reportedly died at the age of 61.

The WWE Hall of Famer died in his Hollywood, Calif. home of natural causes, TMZ reported.

Piper had been diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma in 2006 but last fall said that he was cancer free. Former professional wrestlers Ric Flair watches from outside the ring as WWE Superstar Chris Jericho gets pummeled on the ropes by Piper in 2009. Previous Next

HOUSTON, TX - APRIL 5: (L-R) Former professional wrestlers Ric Flair (seen outside the ring) looks on as WWE Superstar Chris Jericho gets pummeled on the ropes by "Rowdy" Roddy Piper. Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat and Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka look on during WrestleMania 25 at Reliant Stadium on April 5, 2009 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Bill Olive/Getty Images) Exported.;

Enlarge Bill Olive/Getty Images Former professional wrestlers Ric Flair watches from outside the ring as WWE Superstar Chris Jericho gets pummeled on the ropes by Piper in 2009.

His unexpected death comes only month after fellow former pro wrestler “Nature Boy” Buddy Landel died at the age of 53 at his home in Virginia.

The Iron Sheik, who was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame with Piper in 2005, tweeted: “Roddy Piper. I love you forever. God bless you

[dfwgator]

That’s the line I remembered him the most for....RIP.

[driftless2]

The message you took away was not the message intended by Carpenter, and additionally probably not the message many of the people who saw the flick got.They probably "got" Carpenter's message that consumerism (championed by conservative Republicans) was evil. Corporations were evil...that's a theme of numerous Hollyweird flicks including that one.

If somebody made a movie like you wanted, it wouldn't be about people enjoying consumer goods, it would be about people being snowed by the media and entertainment industry into drifting towards socialism. Another "It Can't Happen Here" which was intended to thwart fascism. Socialism is a kind of fascism.

Consumerism isn't the threat....socialism is the threat.

[Enlightened1]

LOL! I love it!

Great movie!

The Aliens in that movie are the Establishment/Globalist in reality.

[hobbes1]

You don’t get it.

Commercialization, is the opposite of Capitalism.

The movie is about the evil of Commercialization.

(Carpenter misunderstood the story, it’s Archie Bunker redux)

[KC_Conspirator]

Best heel ever. He will be missed.

[McGruff]

I was always a Mr. Wonderful fan. Him a Piper made a great pair.

The original Wrestlemania was probably the peak of professonal wrestling.

[dennisw]

The Aliens in that movie are the Establishment/Globalist in reality.

Reptilian globalists which David Icke popularized......They Live was ahead of its time. Many of the worlds leaders do remind me of unfeeling, non-empathizing, cold blooded reptiles and similar "monsters"....Hillary and Obama do.