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Roddy Piper

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61 Years Old

Roderick George Toombs, better known as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, was a Canadian professional wrestler, amateur wrestler, comedian and actor. In professional wrestling, Piper was best known to international audiences for his work with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) between 1984 and 2000. Although he was Canadian, because of his Scottish heritage he was billed as coming from Glasgow and was known for his signature kilt and bagpipe entrance music. Piper earned the nicknames "Rowdy" and "Hot Rod" by displaying his trademark "Scottish" short temper, spontaneity, and quick wit. According to The Daily Telegraph, he is "considered by many to be the greatest 'heel' (or villain) wrestler ever". One of wrestling's most recognizable stars, Piper headlined multiple PPV events, including the WWF and WCW's respective premier annual events, WrestleMania and Starrcade. He accumulated 34 championships and hosted the popular WWF/E interview segment "Piper's Pit", which facilitated numerous feuds. In 2005, Piper was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by Ric Flair, who dubbed him "the most gifted entertainer in the history of professional wrestling". Outside of wrestling, Piper acted in dozens of films and TV shows, most notably taking the lead role of John Nada in the 1988 cult classic They Live and a recurring role as a deranged professional wrestler called Da' Maniac on the FX comedy series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. He is also widely known for his role in Hell Comes to Frogtown as the character Sam Hell. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roddy Piper, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Born

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada on 17th April 1954

Died

31st July 2015

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It's Good To Be The King: The Jerry Lawler Story
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Super Sweet 16: The Movie
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Three Wise Guys
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NWA Starrcade 1983
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WCW Spring Stampede 1998
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WCW Uncensored 1997
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WWE Survivor Series 1989
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The History Of WrestleMania
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Dead Tides
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WCW The Great American Bash 1999
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The Price of Fame
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WCW Bash at the Beach 1999
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WWE Royal Rumble 1990
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The Misery Brothers
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The Mystical Adventures of Billy Owens
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Best of the WWF Volume 3
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The Bet
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WCW SuperBrawl VII
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WCW Halloween Havoc 1997
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WCW Bash at The Beach 1997
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The Love Boat: A Valentine Voyage
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WWE WrestleFest '90
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WCW Halloween Havoc 1996
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The Wrestling Classic
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WWE Survivor Series 1991
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WWE Wrestling's Hottest Matches
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The Damn! Show
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Timeline: The History of WWE – 1984 – As Told By Roddy Piper
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The Very Best of Monday Nitro: Volume 2
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WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection
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WCW Fall Brawl 1998
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2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
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Randy Savage Unreleased: The Unseen Matches of The Macho Man
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Buy & Cell
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German Fan Favorites 2
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WCW The Great American Bash 1998
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Biography: Wrestlemania I
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WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall
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Born to Controversy: The Roddy Piper Story
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WWE Crunch Classic
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First Encounter
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Nature Boy Ric Flair - The Definitive Collection
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Billy Owens and the Secret of the Runes
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Jack of Hearts
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WCW The Great American Bash 1997
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The Reconciler
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TNA: The 50 Greatest Moments
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WWE: Legends of Wrestling - Roddy Piper and Terry Funk
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WCW Slamboree 1998
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WWF SuperTape vol. 2
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Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
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Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps and Bodyslams!
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The Lost Episodes of the XWF
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Other Plans
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The Best of the WWF: volume 4
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Blind Eye
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The Old Boys
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The WWF's Most Unusual Matches
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The Best of the WWF: volume 10
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PWG Sells Out: Volume 3
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Life In The Fast Lane
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A Family Underground
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The Best of the WWF: volume 11
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The Firefly Funhouse Match
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Best of the WWF Volume 1
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NWA The Final Conflict
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WWF's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest
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PWG: Kurt Russellreunion 2 - The Reunioning
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A Gothic Tale
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Street Team Massacre
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WWE World Tour 1991
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WWE World Tour 1992
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