R.I.P. Rowdy Roddy Piper

Birneybau

Not to be confused with Rowdy Roddy Peeper.(I joke to mask the pain.)

Fantastic wrestler, cult action film star. "They Live" is a leftfield masterpiece.

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jul/31/wrestling-legend-rowdy-roddy-piper-dies-61

Wrestling legend “Rowdy” Roddy Piper has died at the age of 61. The WWE Hall of Famer died of natural causes at his home in Hollywood.

NachoBusiness

That's sad. RIP.
He was here last year as part of his tour.
Some nice comments from a Boardsie that met him:

Agent Coulson wrote: »

I was at the Dublin gig and I had a meet and greet with Roddy. He was a complete Gentleman and Legend. He answered a couple of questions I had for him and signed my limited senitype from Wrestlemania 3 and for the posed photo I asked would it be ok for him to put me in the sleeper for it and he smiled and said of course.

Now I am 6'3 legit and started to bend down for a posed photo he wispered im my ear it's ok stand up and prepare he then kneed me in the back and I fell right back into him and put the sleeper on with a nice bit of force I semi sold it lol for the photo But someone later on and fair play fulled sold it.

I asked could I look at his HoF ring and he let me try it on it was smaller than I thought it would but still very nice. I was kind of shaking from nerves as Roddy was the reason I fell in love with wrestling way back in the early 80's.

Honestly they say never meet your heroes but Roddy Roddy Piper was everthing and more I could of hoped he would be!

DEFTLEFTHAND

Wow that's very sad, Dusty Rhodes last month and now Roddy. I had been listening to his podcast a bit recently, a real funny guy and very knowledgeable about the business. RIP Hotrod.

BlaasForRafa

One of the best raconteurs in wrestling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IL7NXFXrqA

Grid.

RIP Roddy...loved him back in the day!:(

Links234

Just gonna leave this here...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-MVMbm6c0k

NotYourYear20

I haven't watched any wrestling in years, but Roddy was one of the very best I remember. RIP dude.

darkpagandeath

Jesus that makes me feel old.

My name is URL

He was in a couple of episodes of IASIP and they were both hilarious and some of the best because of it

Skerries

I guess he's all out of bubble gum

Ctrl Alt Delete

RIP Roddy a real legend and icon of the old school of wrestling

AllGunsBlazing

Would have made a great late-night talk show host, he was as witty as they come. Piper's Pit was genuinely hilarious at times.

Armchair Andy

Lovely guy,great man for the singsong and always had a smile.

FreezeUp

RIP Roddy

Still rocked by the news of the passing of Roddy Piper. I've decided to upload his entire scene from Bloodstained Memoirs for everybody to enjoy for free. Sales of related products tend to rise following the passing of a celebrity and I have no desire to profiteer from this awful news. Perhaps just do me a favour and give a little something to your favourite charity in return for this. Failing that just tell somebody close to you that you love them. As we are too often reminded, tomorrow is never a guarantee. I had the pleasure of meeting Piper's daughter at this film shoot and I can't begin to imagine what she and her siblings are feeling right now. My thoughts go out to them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd8-BiVTxxc

TiGeR KiNgS

johnny1235

He was a hero. R.I.P.