Ric Flair, Triple H, Steve Austin, Mick Foley, Daniel Bryan, Seth Rollins, Chavo Guerrero Jr., Jerry Lawler, Mean Gene, Iron Sheik and Ted DiBiase of all sent condolences.. even people that aren't associated with wrestling are saddened
Foley's is my favourite:
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THE DREAM LIVES ON
I just received the terrible news from my younger children, that Dusty Rhodes, “The American Dream” had passed away.
My heart goes out to his family and friends – and all those who loved him. I hope we can all find comfort in knowing that Dusty Rhodes will never truly be gone. He’s with is in spirit each time we see an NXT or WWE wrestler give a promo that’s just a little bit fuller, richer and better for having known the master. He’s with us each time we see a “Dusty elbow” on a show (I saw several a few nights ago) or a character that jumps off the screen into our living room, to entertain us or touch our lives. He’s with us in the countless wrestlers that he saw something in (like me in 1991) and breathed creative life into. Most of all, he’s with us every time someone puts forth a valiant effort – in wrestling or life – to break free from the limitations that Mother Nature or conventional wisdom has constrained us with.
God bless you Virgil Runnels, and may the whole world celebrate your life, even while mourning your death.
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He was an inspiration to the working class people of America.
http://igwilliams.blogspot.co.uk/201...can-dream.html
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Dusty wasn’t what all us Southern working class kids and adults wanted to be. He was what we already were.
Dusty was fat and slovenly, his dress alternating between work clothes and garish, sloppy attempts at what you might think a rich man dressed like had you never actually seen one. His forehead bore the marks of his career, a mass of deeply grooved scar tissue after years of chair shots and blading. He wasn’t great in the ring, but was a master of psychology and storytelling. The stories he told were working class stories. He took his lisping Texas drawl and married it to an African–American preacher’s cadence. Not for nothing was one of his earliest nicknames the White Soul King. Rather than outright co–option, it seemed to be a sincere effort on Rhodes’ part to speak to a pan–racial working class, setting him up as a hero for blacks, whites, and Latinos to cheer on against whatever villainous rich guy he was put up against.
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Tough Enough tryouts have been postponed as well it seems.
https://twitter.com/VinceMcMahon/sta...04273176178688
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A sad day for WWE.
One of the most innovative, charismatic Superstars of all time, Dusty Rhodes, passed away.
We loved him. #ThankYouDream
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Vince!
OMG.
