{"id":7966,"date":"2015-07-31T18:45:33","date_gmt":"2015-08-01T01:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=7966"},"modified":"2015-07-31T19:23:51","modified_gmt":"2015-08-01T02:23:51","slug":"wrestler-rowdy-roddy-piper-passes-away-at-61","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=7966","title":{"rendered":"Wrestler \u2018Rowdy\u2019 Roddy Piper Passes Away At 61"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hollywood, CA&#8230;WWE is deeply saddened that Roderick Toombs, aka \u201cRowdy\u201d Roddy Piper \u2014 WWE Hall of Famer and Intercontinental Champion \u2014 passed away today at the age of 61.  WWE extends its sincerest condolences to Toombs\u2019 family, friends and fans.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thecoastalpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20150731_Piper_EP_Homepage_Light.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thecoastalpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20150731_Piper_EP_Homepage_Light-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"20150731_Piper_EP_Homepage_Light\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-541\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\/inside\/superstars-honor-roddy-piper-social-media-27738180\" target=\"_blank\" data-nid=\"27738180\" data-type=\"article\">Superstars remember \u2018Hot Rod\u2019<\/a> | <a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\/superstars\/halloffame\/inductees\/roddypiper\/roddy-piper-milestone-moments-photos\" target=\"_blank\" data-nid=\"26002095\" data-type=\"gallery\">Classic photos<\/a> | <a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\/videos\/playlists\/best-of-roddy-piper\" target=\"_blank\" data-nid=\"27738183\" data-type=\"playlist\">Watch greatest moments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRoddy Piper was one of the most entertaining, controversial and bombastic performers ever in WWE, beloved by millions of fans around the world,\u201d said WWE Chairman &amp; CEO Vince McMahon. \u201cI extend my deepest condolences to his family.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hollywood, CA&#8230;WWE is deeply saddened that Roderick Toombs, aka \u201cRowdy\u201d Roddy Piper \u2014 WWE Hall of Famer and Intercontinental Champion \u2014 passed away today at the age of 61. WWE extends its sincerest condolences to Toombs\u2019 family, friends and fans. Superstars remember \u2018Hot Rod\u2019 | Classic photos | Watch greatest moments \u201cRoddy Piper was one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-obituaries","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/20150731_Piper_EP_Homepage_Light.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}