Randy 'Macho Man' Savage dead at 58

[WalkinTarget]

http://www.tmz.com/2011/05/20/randy-...stler-florida/



Snap into a Slim Jim !! Geez, these retired pro wrestlers do not live very long due to substance abuse problems.

[BigTwinky]

damn... heart attack while driving.

You are right, they all have substance problems, many killed their bodies with crap while they were wrestling. I blame Vince McMahon.

I loved Macho Man. I was a hard core 80s wrestling fan and his character was just awesome. The cowboy hats, the leaping from the top rope...

[juneau]

Such sad news.

"Ohhhhhh Yeah!!!!"

[DougBob]

Yep Randy Macho Man Savage was one of my favorites. RIP!

[lady-MGS]

Yep Randy Macho Man Savage was one of my favorites. RIP!

Same here.

My son is OBSESSED with wrestling. He was 6 when Owen Hart died and it devastated him. When Chris Benoit died, he swore he wasn't going to watch anymore but he couldn't stay away. Not so sure how he's going to react to Randy. Braiden has always been more about the old school wrestlers.

[WalkinTarget]

A list of deceased wrestlers:

Mike Von Erich 23 April 12, 1987 Suicide
Adrian Adonis 34 July 4, 1988 Auto Accident
Bruiser Brody 42 July 17, 1988 Stabbed
Haystacks Calhoun 55 December 7, 1989 Diabetes
Bronko Nagurski 81 January 7, 1990
Chris Von Erich 21 September 12, 1991 Suicide
Andre The Giant 46 January 27, 1993 Heart Attack
Kerry Von Erich 33 February 18, 1993 Suicide
Jerry Blackwell 45 January 22, 1995 Pneumonia
Eddie Gilbert 33 February 18, 1995 Heart Attack
Big John Studd 46 March 20, 1995 Hodgkin?s Disease
Dick Murdoch 49 June 15, 1996 Heart Attack
Fritz Von Erich 68 September 10, 1997 Cancer
Brian Pillman 35 October 5, 1997 Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease
Louie Spiccoli 27 February 15, 1998 Carisopridol Overdose
Junkyard Dog 45 June 1, 1998 Auto Accident
Kurt Von Hess 65 March 13, 1999 Heart Attack
Rick Rude 41 April 20, 1999 Heart Attack
Owen Hart :-( 33 May 23, 1999 Accidental Fall
Gorilla Monsoon 62 October 6, 1999 Heart Illness
Gordon Solie 71 July 27, 2000 Cancer
?Yokozuna? Rodney Anoia 34 October 22, 2000 Heart Attack
Terry Gordy 40 July 16, 2001 Heart Attack
Chris Adams 46 October 7, 2001 Shot to Death
Swede Hanson 68 February 20, 2002 Alzheimer?s Disease
Wahoo McDaniel 63 April 18, 2002 Stroke
Lou Thesz 86 April 28, 2002 Natural Causes
?British Bulldog? Davey Boy Smith 39 May 17, 2002 Heart Attack
Curt Hennig 44 February 10, 2003 Drug Overdose
Miss Elizabeth (Elizabeth Heulette) 42 May 1, 2003 Drug Overdose
?Classie? Freddie Blassie 85 June 2, 2003 Natural Causes
Stu Hart 88 October 16, 2003 Pneumonia
Road Warrior Hawk (Mike Hegstrand) 46 October 19, 2003 Heart Attack
Mike ?Crash Holly? Lockwood 32 November 6, 2003 Asphyxiation
Moondog Spot (Larry Lathman) 51 November 29, 2003 Heart Attack
Jack Tunney (Former WWE President) 68 January 24, 2004 Natural Causes
Ray ?Big Boss Man? Traylor 42 September 22, 2004 Heart Attack
Chris Candido 33 April 28, 2005 Blood Clot after Surgery
Ed ?Sailor? White (Moondog King) 56 August 25, 2005 Unknown
Eddie Guerrero 38 November 13, 2005 Heart Failure
John ?Earthquake? Tenta 42 June 7, 2006 Bladder Cancer
Marlon Kalkai (Tiger Khan) Mid-30?s June 28, 2006 Unknown
Bob Orton Sr. 76 July 14, 2006 Heart Attack
Scott ?Bam Bam? Bigelow 45 January 19, 2007 Drug Overdose
Mike Awesome 42 February 17, 2007 Suicide
Bad News (Brown) Allen Coage 63 March 6, 2007 Heart Attack
Ernie ?The Cat? Ladd 68 March 10, 2007 Cancer
Sensational Sherri Martel 49 June 15, 2007 Unknown
Chris Benoit 40 June 25, 2007 Suicide
Brian ?Crush? Adams (43)?August 13, 2007?Natural Causes
Fabulous Moolah (Lillian Ellison) (84)?November 3, 2007?Natural Causes
Andrew Martin (Test) - 1975 - 2009 - Overdose of drugs
Captain Lou Albano - 1933 - 2009 - Prolonged Illness
Umaga - 4 December, 2009 - Heart Attack
Randy 'Macho Man' Savage - 2011 - apparent heart attack

Far from complete as well, and the young ages of some deaths is a sad condemnation of the wellness plans ignored for decades by the company employing each wrestler.

[BigTwinky]

What a list, so many heart attacks...one other that comes to mind was Dino Bravo. Mid 40s, he was gunned down by the mafia

[AmazingRedd]

RIP Macho man

and more shocking cause i didnt know Umaga died, i stop watching wrestling 4-5yrs ago, he's ring character was kinda lame thoe. rip

[BigTwinky]

I have a friend who is in the local pro wrestling circuit and some times, their personas, specially at the higher levels like WWE, are more imposed than chosen.

My friend is a heel, and it's great seeing him as I can yell at him from the crowd and we get this nasty dialogue going lol

[WalkinTarget]

Watched Michael Schiavello (The Voice) interview Hogan last night, and obviously it was recorded, but Hogan had nothing but good things to say about Randy, but their 10 year feud which was just recently ended, was a sad statement of Randy's paranoia regarding Miss Elizabeth.

According to Hogan, Randy (who lives only minutes away from Hogan) would hit the road for a booking date and literally had a cage over the front door to keep her from getting into trouble. He'd tell her "There's 6 TV dinners in the freezer, stay in this house until I get home". Guess Randy knew she had potential to harm herself, as she OD in Lex Luger's home a few years later.

Very sad to hear a wrestling legend talking about another legend who had died early that same morning.

[JohnyRico]

I broke out an Oooohhhhh Yeeaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!! at work Friday morning before I knew he had died. Nobody knew who I was talking about.

I guess those steroids wreak havoc with your body. You see it alot with late 70's and early 80's NFL linemen also. Many of the Steelers from that era are already dead.

[WalkinTarget]

Wow, what an awesome read by Bill Simmons on ESPN regarding early 80's wrestling:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2...simmons/110524

[Apache Warrior]

An autopsy revealed that wrestling great Randy "Macho Man" Savage died from heart disease and not from any injury sustained in his May 20 car crash.

The St. Petersburg Medical Examiner's Office found that the 58-year-old had an enlarged heart with hardened coronary arteries. He became unresponsive while driving his Jeep Wrangler on a Florida highway in May and crashed into a tree. While the auto accident left minor cuts and bruises, the heart problems were the official cause of death of the wrestler.

At the time of his death, it was unknown whether the former wrestling star had died because of the heart issue or because the heart issue caused him to crash. The coroner said Savage was found with therapeutic levels of a number of prescribed drugs in his system and that alcohol wasn't a factor. There was no evidence he was taking any heart medication, leading to the assumption that Savage may not have known about his condition.

His wife, Lynn, was riding in the car during the accident. Their Jeep Wrangler flipped over a concrete median into oncoming traffic before skidding into a tree. The couple were married in a beachfront ceremony in 2010.

Born Randy Poffo, the future Macho Man had a brief minor league baseball career before joining the wrestling circuit. He grew to fame in the 1980s with the WWF where his bouts with Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant and George "The Animal" Steele made him a star. Advertisements with Slim-Jim and his signature catchphrase, "Ooh yeah!," helped him become a household name

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Apache