Randy "Macho Man" Savage Passes Away

[Dewey2007]

Re: Randy "Macho Man" Savage Passes Away

Correction: Macho Man was in the Cardinals and Reds organizations during his minor league career...

[Dewey2007]

Re: Randy "Macho Man" Savage Passes Away

Wow, that's sad to hear. Macho Man was also in the Cubs organization in the early 70's. Here's his minor league stats:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=poffo-001ran

He definitely made the right choice to go into wrestling!

[otismalibu]

Re: Randy "Macho Man" Savage Passes Away

I didn't realize that Leaping Lanny Poffo was his brother.

Hey, he almost made it to 60. That's almost unheard of when you're talking about former professional wrestlers.

[intheminors]

Wow, for some of us wrestling fans, this is very shocking!

http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2011/0520/539772/randy-savage/

The following is from TMZ.com: Macho Man Randy Savage -- one of the most famous wrestlers of all-time -- died today in a car accident in Tampa, Florida ... TMZ has learned.
TMZ spoke with Randy's brother, Lanny Poffo, who tells us the wrestling legend suffered a heart attack while he was behind the wheel around 10 AM ... and lost control of his vehicle.
Earlier this month, Savage celebrated his 1-year anniversary with his new wife Lynn.
Savage was 58.
Macho Man began wrestling in the WWF in 1985 and became a superstar with his trademark catchphrase "Ooooooh Yeaahhhhh."
More shortly.