WWE’s Dusty Rhodes Dead at 69

[Peter1469]

WWE’s Dusty Rhodes Dead at 69

He was big when I watched WWE.

RIP.

WWE says Virgil Runnels, a former professional wrestler known by his fans as Dusty Rhodes, has died. He was 69.

The company says Runnels died Thursday, but a spokesman declined to say where or how he passed away, saying the family had not authorized the release of that information.


Runnels, who also went by the nickname “The American Dream,” was a member of the WWE Hall of Fame, and held the NWA championship three times. He became famous during the height of wrestling’s popularity in the 1970s and 1980s, appearing in signature yellow polka dot tights with his sidekick “valet” Sapphire.

[hanger4]

I remember the American Dream (with a slight lisp).

RIP

[Tricia]

Dusty's been dead a few years.

[hanger4]

Dusty's been dead a few years.

Indeed, just looked at the artical's date.

[Captain Obvious]

Dusty's been dead a few years.

Yeah lol, I was thinking that when I saw this thread.

My dad took me and an old friend of mine when we were kids to see wrestling a lot, I remember seeing Dusty wrestle.

[Common]

Rip

[Peter1469]

I just saw the date myself.

RIP anyhow.

I got the story off a military website, RallyPoint.

[decedent]

Dusty's been dead a few years.

Exactly two years ago today.

[Peter1469]

Exactly two years ago today.

Maybe that is why it was posted at RallyPoint....

Should I ask the mods to move this to the history room?

[texan]

Never heard of him. Never much of a WWE watcher. I do like the Rocks movies tho.