WWE Legend ‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper Dies at 61

WWE legend “Rowdy” Roddy Piper died after suffering a heart attack in his Hollywood home. He was 61.<br />Born Roderick George Toombs, Piper joined the WWE in 1984 after getting his start with the NWA in the late 1970s.<br />Piper and Hogan met in landmark matchups including MTV’s “The War to Settle the Score” and the first WrestleMania, where Piper and “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff took on Hogan and Mr. T.<br />His agent Jay Schacter confirmed the news, first reported by TMZ, to Variety.<br />“Rod passed peacefully in his sleep last night,” Schacter said in an email. “I am shocked and beyond devastated.”