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brooklynite

(96,882 posts) Wed Jun 7, 2023, 08:32 PM Jun 2023

Pro wrestling icon the Iron Sheik dead at 81

CBC News

The Iron Sheik, a former pro wrestler who relished playing a burly, bombastic villain in 1980s battles with some of the sport's biggest stars and later became a popular Twitter personality, died on Wednesday, the WWE said. He was 81.

The wrestling organization posted an article confirming his death, and a statement about his passing was also posted on his Twitter page giving details of his life. Neither statement mentioned a cause of death nor where he died, but the Twitter post said he "departed this world peacefully."

The Iron Sheik, whose real name was Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri, grew up in a small village in Iran, where he embraced wrestling in his youth.

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Pro wrestling icon the Iron Sheik dead at 81 (Original Post) brooklynite Jun 2023 OP

He was in very poor health for a long time. RandySF Jun 2023 #1

He was a legitimate tough guy ripcord Jun 2023 #3

This was my era of wresting. 617Blue Jun 2023 #2

RandySF

(78,236 posts)

1. He was in very poor health for a long time.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Jun 7, 2023, 08:35 PM

Jun 2023

ripcord

(5,553 posts)

3. He was a legitimate tough guy

Reply to RandySF (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 7, 2023, 08:53 PM

Jun 2023

Nor only was he an assistant coach for a couple of American Olympic wrestling teams and was a Greco-Roman champion but he also served the Shah as a bodyguard.

617Blue

(2,086 posts)

2. This was my era of wresting.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Jun 7, 2023, 08:52 PM

Jun 2023

Saw a funny clip of him on YT breaking character.

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