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sad story. loved watching him with Nick Bockwinkle and the Iron Sheik.
1 posted on 02/19/2009 7:49:42 AM PST by WOBBLY BOB
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To: WOBBLY BOB

He was probably reminiscing about the good ole days.


2 posted on 02/19/2009 7:52:53 AM PST by JRios1968 (The real first rule of Fight Club: Do not invite Chuck Norris...EVER)
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Octogenarian ‘roid rage?
3 posted on 02/19/2009 7:53:52 AM PST by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911)
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And don't forget, "The Claw."
I'd see him in the checkout at a grocery store in Prior Lake occasionally.
5 posted on 02/19/2009 7:59:02 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks
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When I was a kid (1950’s) Verne was one of the designated “good guy” wrestlers.


6 posted on 02/19/2009 7:59:19 AM PST by capt. norm (Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.)
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He has combative dementia. Basically, they will medicate him to a vegetative state now.


7 posted on 02/19/2009 8:01:43 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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Nearly 30 years ago I was at the Sheraton West Palm Beach, at the airport to change the combination on the safe.
As I came around a corner the Iron Sheik and Sargent Slaughter were laughing and talking while going in to the bar.
The next night they were the headliners at the old West palm civic ctr. doing battle against each other, their hated rivals.


8 posted on 02/19/2009 8:03:06 AM PST by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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9 posted on 02/19/2009 8:04:58 AM PST by MplsSteve
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So in reading more about this story...the guy that died was kicked out of the home not to long ago for violent outbursts...and had attacked and brawled with verne not to long ago.

It’s sound to me like the both men were extremely ill and this was a outcome of having them together.


12 posted on 02/19/2009 8:07:47 AM PST by Explodo (Pessimism is simply pattern recognition)
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The ref was distracted and did not see what happened, so there is no violation!


16 posted on 02/19/2009 8:12:56 AM PST by DaveyB (A government's ability to give is proportionate to their power to take away!)
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What is it with Minnesota and wrestling?

Hulk Hogan, Ventura, Flair was born there, Curt Henning, Rick Rude.


18 posted on 02/19/2009 8:18:12 AM PST by GUNGAGALUNGA
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...and “The Crusher”!


32 posted on 02/19/2009 8:57:28 AM PST by LiveFreeOrDie2001 (Keep plenty of food and batteries on hand.)
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I'd stay up so late to watch wrestling with Verne Gagne. I also loved the Crusher and then the masked man appeared.
38 posted on 02/19/2009 10:42:19 AM PST by A knight without armor
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I may be a bad person, but I read this and started hearing Ric Flair saying “In order to be the man...you’ve got to beat the man!”
48 posted on 02/19/2009 1:17:48 PM PST by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: WOBBLY BOB
Sad, sad story. Both men had Alzheimer's disease.
53 posted on 02/19/2009 3:06:24 PM PST by iowamark
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Sad. RIP.


54 posted on 02/19/2009 4:16:26 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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55 posted on 02/20/2009 4:00:52 PM PST by CounterCounterCulture
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