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Breaking: “Rowdy” Roddy Piper passes away

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TMZ broke the news moments ago that WWE Hall of Fame Legend, “Rowdy” Roddy Piper passed away on Thursday night, found Friday morning. He was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in 2006, but was reported to have been free of cancer at the time of his passing. Piper was 61.

Piper, real name Roderick Toombs, was an icon in the wrestling industry. Having made his mark in the wrestling surge in the eighties, Piper enjoyed a long and storied career well into the new millennium. Inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2005, Piper was a man who commanded attention with an uncanny ability to own the microphone.

On behalf of the staff of Pop-Break, we extend our condolences to the Toombs family.

Michael Dworkis
Michael Dworkis
Michael Dworkis has been a writer for The Pop Break since 2010. For over a decade he has contributed columns featuring Anime, Comics, Transformers, Television, Movies, and most notably, Professional Wrestling. Additionally, one of the key players in the original Angry Nerds column and a guest on one of Bill's various podcasts. When he is not grinding away at his next feature, or shouting expletives at the television while playing video games or watching wrestling, Michael actually has a full-time job,as a Mental Health Professional, working at a medical practice in New Jersey, and runs his own telehealth private practice. A family man through-and-through, requiring his three children to memorize all the Autobots and Decepticons on the collection shelves while also educating them in all things Marvel and Star Wars. You know, the stuff Disney owns.
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