Friday, May 20, 2011

R.I.P. Randy "Macho Man" Savage

Randy "Macho Man" Savage (Poffo) died today in a car accident.
From the Huffo Post: All-time wrestling legend Macho Man Randy Savage died at age 58 on Friday after suffering a heart attack and being involved in a car accident, according to TMZ.com
Florida Highway Patrol told TMZ that Macho Man -- whose real name was Randall Mario Poffo -- went across a concrete media, through oncoming traffic and collided head-on with a tree. He was transpored to Largo Medical Center where he died.

Lynn, his wife, was also in the car, but she had minor injuries. Officials told TMZ that both people were wearing seatbelts and that alcohol was not a factor.
Macho Man was known for his prolific wrestling career and later became synonymous with Slim Jims for his "snap into a Slim Jim" ads. Friday afternoon on Twitter, "Slim Jim" was actually a worldwide trending topic, along with #ripmachoman.
Read more: http://aol.sportingnews.com/sport/story/2011-05-20/wrestling-legend-macho-man-randy-savage-dies-in-car-accident?icid=main%7Chp-desktop%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk1%7C213849#ixzz1Mvq5v9DV
I remember watching him on TV and he was always an interesting character and a very good athlete.
Another athlete atken before their time.

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