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26. All but Andre, who died of natural causes related to his acromegaly

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 07:38 PM

Jul 2015

were well known for using a lot of steroids and recreational drugs, although Eddie Guerrero licked his coke problem several years before he passed. I still miss Eddie.

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R.I.P. Rowdy Roddy "They Live" Piper @ age 61 (cardiac arrest) [View all] Miles Archer Jul 2015 OP

I wonder how much sharp_stick Jul 2015 #1

I made the same observation (about the young deaths) CatWoman Jul 2015 #8

I Was Thinking The Same Thing.... Laxman Jul 2015 #17

Other WWE deaths 90-percent Jul 2015 #20

You are thinking of Owen Hart and Chris Benoit nt LostOne4Ever Jul 2015 #28

And Chris Benoit had chronic traumatic encephalopathy from repeated concussions... Spider Jerusalem Jul 2015 #39

IIRC the doctor who did the autopsy said he had the worst brain damage he had ever seen nt LostOne4Ever Jul 2015 #41

the doctor that did his autopsy said DonCoquixote Jul 2015 #42

I doubt one could even begin to calculate the number of concussions hifiguy Jul 2015 #45

All but Andre, who died of natural causes related to his acromegaly hifiguy Jul 2015 #26

He must not have licked it good enough, I read somewhere that the official cause of death was Ghost in the Machine Jul 2015 #54

That movie predicted all the politics that would follow in its wake. villager Jul 2015 #27

There Are Many Real Life Events.... Laxman Jul 2015 #48

Was his line even simpler? "I knew it!" villager Jul 2015 #53

Andre was a heavy alcoholic. Glassunion Jul 2015 #29

Because he was in constant excruciating back pain from his Acromegaly LostOne4Ever Jul 2015 #32

Understood. Glassunion Jul 2015 #35

Supposedly Andre downed 120 beers in one sitting. hifiguy Jul 2015 #33

Andre had a universal reputation as being one of the kindest and most generous people imaginable. LostOne4Ever Jul 2015 #34

He was the best in that movie. Glassunion Jul 2015 #37

One third of all wrestlers who performed in 1990's Wrestlemania VI are now dead LostOne4Ever Jul 2015 #31

Piper was a heavy coke user as well. bobbobbins01 Jul 2015 #44

RIP bigwillq Jul 2015 #2

Aww, man shenmue Jul 2015 #3

Never followed wrestling exboyfil Jul 2015 #4

"I came here to kick ass and chew bubblegum, Kingofalldems Jul 2015 #5

Great quote exboyfil Jul 2015 #6

One of the best lines ever sarisataka Jul 2015 #9

Also... RecoveringJournalist Jul 2015 #43

Damn...."They Live" is an awesome flick. nt msanthrope Jul 2015 #7

I really need to find that DVD CatWoman Jul 2015 #10

It's on Amazon streaming.....not on Netflix streaming. nt msanthrope Jul 2015 #14

ty CatWoman Jul 2015 #15

Sat next to him on a plane when my daughter was a baby WestCoastLib Jul 2015 #11

It is one of the weird things about wrestlers hifiguy Jul 2015 #47

Rats. "Put on the damn glasses" BlueJazz Jul 2015 #12

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"Well...they ain't from Cleveland" d_b Jul 2015 #56

This message was self-deleted by its author d_b Jul 2015 #57

A very charismatic and entertaining villain geek tragedy Jul 2015 #13

They Live was a really decent sci-fi movie Gothmog Jul 2015 #16

Take er easy Roddy. God's sleeper hold is taking you to the canvas in the sky. Nt. Juicy_Bellows Jul 2015 #18

The best! Dwayne Hicks Jul 2015 #19

My daughter and her girlfriends watched wrestling back then and after 'They Live' I had a terrible Mnemosyne Jul 2015 #21

I am so sorry to hear this news. He gave me a lot of entertaining moments in my childhood. StevieM Jul 2015 #22

To this day I laugh every time I think of it. hifiguy Jul 2015 #25

Sorry to hear about this tabasco Jul 2015 #23

Been a wrestling fan since I was a wee lad hifiguy Jul 2015 #24

He was my favorite WWE wrestler and I loved him in, " They live" kimbutgar Jul 2015 #36

Cardiac arrest for a wrestler is code for past steroid abuse. Fearless Jul 2015 #38

Possibly, but Piper never looked as if he came anywhere near steroids. hifiguy Jul 2015 #49

Also cocaine. Fearless Jul 2015 #51

to be fair DonCoquixote Jul 2015 #40

So sad, Blue_In_AK Jul 2015 #46

I remember him looking like this. Liberal_in_LA Jul 2015 #50

I Am In Shock Liberal_Dog Jul 2015 #52

R.I.P. Roddy! Ghost in the Machine Jul 2015 #55

One of my favs from childhood d_b Jul 2015 #58

He was my favorite back when I watched pro wrestling Kaleva Jul 2015 #59